Imaging of carcinoid tumors: Spectrum of findings with pathologic and clinical correlation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Elsayes, Khaled M ^a   Menias, Christine O ^b   Bowerson, Michyla ^c   Osman, Omar M ^d   Alkharouby, Ahmed M ^c   Hillen, Travis J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e King Faisal General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; TUMORS;

CARCINOID; CARCINOID TUMORS; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; FUNCTIONAL PEPTIDES; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; SPECTRA'S;

LOCATION;

BARIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; OCTREOTIDE;

APPENDIX TUMOR; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST TUMOR; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CARCINOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUODENUM TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; ILEUM TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; MESENTERY TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYMUS CARCINOID; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 79551566708     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181fd2044     Document Type: Review

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