Utility of [18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography in the localization of ectopic ACTH-secreting tumors

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-383

  Moraes, Aline Barbosa ^a,b   Taboada, Giselle F ^a   Carneiro, Michel Pontes ^c   Neto, Leonardo Vieira ^a   Wildemberg, Luiz Eduardo Armondi ^a   Madi, Kalil ^a   Domingues, Romeu Cortes ^c   Gadelha, Mônica R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Estadual de Diabetes e Endocrinologia Luiz Capriglione   (Brazil)

^c CDPI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Ectopic Cushing's syndrome; FDG PET scan; Small cell carcinoma; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG LESION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350302469     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0125-3     Document Type: Article

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