Use of Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT to confirm portal vein tumor thrombosis in a patient with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-499

  Lim, Tze Chwan ^a   Tan, Eik Hock ^a   Zaheer, Sumbul ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ga 68 DOTATATE; Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; Portal vein tumor thrombosis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

68GA DOTATATE; 68GA-DOTATATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80052044503     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318217398b     Document Type: Article

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