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

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2008 Feb;35(2):446-7. doi: 10.1007/s00259-007-0538-7. Epub 2007 Oct 2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue, Brown / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adipose Tissue, Brown / metabolism*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Catecholamines / administration & dosage*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Glucose / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pheochromocytoma / metabolism*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Catecholamines
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Glucose