Adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting tumor in the pancreas identified by PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-297

  Wu, Haifei ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Liu, Shuai ^a   Wu, Lili ^a   Miao, Fei ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ectopic Cushing syndrome; Neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreas; PET CT imaging

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863159255     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182443fc5     Document Type: Article

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