Metabolic imaging in the detection of growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas

World Neurosurg. 2014 Sep-Oct;82(3-4):329-30. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.03.014. Epub 2014 Mar 12.

Authors

Wenya Linda Bi¹, Edward R Laws Jr²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24631911
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.03.014

No abstract available

Keywords: 3T MRI; Acromegaly; Methionine; PET; Pituitary adenoma.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Acromegaly / diagnostic imaging*
Acromegaly / surgery*
Female
Humans
Male
Methionine*
Multimodal Imaging / methods*
Neuroimaging / methods*
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Methionine