A Pulmonary adrenocorticotropin-secreting carcinoid tumor localized by 6-Fluoro-[18F]L-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission/computed tomography imaging in a patient with Cushing's syndrome

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Dec;92(12):4512-3. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-1337.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / metabolism*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / complications
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / metabolism*
  • Cushing Syndrome / complications*
  • Cushing Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone