Usefulness of F-18 FDG-PET in detection of multiple endocrine tumors with duodenal carcinoid.
In a 76-year-old woman in whom hypercalcemia had been followed, whole body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan detected hypermetabolic areas in the left lower region of the thyroid gland, pancreas tail, and duodenum. CT, MR, biopsy, and surgery were performed and parathyroid adenoma, pancreatic gastrinoma, and duodenal carcinoid were diagnosed. Fluorine-18 (F-18) FDG-PET may be useful for diagnosis of multiple endocrine tumors with duodenal carcinoid.
Hayasaka
Kazumasa
K
Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Morioka-cho Gengo 36-3, Ohbu 4748511, Japan. ckv37824@mopera.ne.jp
Nihashi
Takashi
T
Matsuura
Toshihiro
T
Itoh
Kengo
K
Tokuda
Haruhiko
H
D000368:Aged; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004703:Endocrine System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D051598:Whole Body Imaging