Positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose is a useful tool for the diagnosis of pheochromocytomas without distant metastasis, where malignancy is suspected on the basis of histopathologic analysis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-163

  Kikuchi, Fumi ^a   Imachi, Hitomi ^a   Murao, Koji ^a   Ohyama, Tomoyo ^a   Miyai, Yumi ^a   Kushida, Yoshio ^a   Haba, Reiji ^a   Kakehi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Malignant pheochromocytoma; Metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 77956051097     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e20a20     Document Type: Article

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