Incidental pituitary uptake on whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT: A multicentre study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2334-2343

  Jeong, Shin Young ^a   Lee, Sang Woo ^a   Lee, Hui Joong ^a   Kang, Sungmin ^a   Seo, Ji Hyoung ^a   Chun, Kyung Ah ^b   Cho, Ihn Ho ^b   Won, Kyung Sook ^c   Zeon, Seok Kil ^c   Ahn, Byeong Cheol ^a   Lee, Jaetae ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Incidentaloma; PET CT; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 78649801385     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1571-5     Document Type: Article

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