Intense FDG activity in the brown adipose tissue in omental and mesenteric regions in a patient with malignant pheochromocytoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 514-515

  Cheng, Wuying ^a   Zhu, Zhaohui ^a   Jin, Xiaona ^a   Chen, Libo ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^b   Li, Fang ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; FDG; PET CT; pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESENTERY; METASTASIS; OMENTUM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERY; OMENTUM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859650824     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31824d2121     Document Type: Article

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