Use of PET/CT with cosyntropin stimulation to identify and localize adrenal rest tissue following adrenalectomy in a woman with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Crocker, Melissa K ^a,b   Barak, Stephanie ^c   Millo, Corina M ^d   Beall, Stephanie A ^d   Niyyati, Mahtab ^e   Chang, Richard ^d   Avila, Nilo A ^f,g   Van Ryzin, Carol ^d   Segars, James ^a   Quezado, Martha ^c   Merke, Deborah P ^a,d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

21 DEOXYHYDROCORTISONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTODOXONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; PARAOVARIAN NODULE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT WASTING; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE TUBE TUMOR;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868616460     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2298     Document Type: Article

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