Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with involvement of the inferior mesenteric vein diagnosed by Ga-68 DOTA-TATE PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-41

  Sainz Esteban, Aurora ^a   Prasad, Vikas ^b   Baum, Richard P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b Centre for PET/CT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ga 68 DOTA TATE PET CT; Inferior mesenteric vein; Neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreas; Tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

1,4,7,10 TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE 1,4,7,10 TETRAACETIC ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 68; 68GA DOTATATE; 68GA-DOTATATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MESENTERIC VEIN; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR THROMBUS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; MESENTERIC VEINS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 75149152486     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181c3b74a     Document Type: Article

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