Can injection of pentagastrin stimulate the identification of metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma by (18)F-FDG PET/CT?

Hell J Nucl Med. 2012 May-Aug;15(2):155-6. doi: 10.1967/s002449910035. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Calcitonin / blood
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Injections
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Pentagastrin / administration & dosage*
  • Pentagastrin / pharmacology*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / blood
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Calcitonin
  • Pentagastrin

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, medullary