The effect of catecholamines on the glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with adrenal pheochromocytoma

A 50-year-old man had the diagnosis of right adrenal pheochromocytoma made by computed tomography (CT) scan together with the evidence of raised plasma catecholamine and urinary catecholamine metabolite levels. A positron emission tomography (PET)/CT study with 18Ffluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) demonstrat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2008-02, Vol.35 (2), p.446-447
Hauptverfasser:	Yamaga, Lilian Yuri Itaya, Thom, Anneliese Fischer, Wagner, Jairo, Baroni, Ronaldo Hueb, Hidal, Jairo Tabacow, Funari, Marcelo Gusmão
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal glands Body fat Cancer Cardiology Case studies Image of the Month Imaging Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolism Nuclear Medicine Oncology Orthopedics Radiology Tomography
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