Decoupled association between (18)F-FDG and (18)F-FDOPA uptake in a carcinoid of the thymus

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2016 Mar-Apr;35(2):139-40. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Aug 8.

Authors

A Chiaravalloti¹, O Schillaci²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.

PMID: 26260888
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.07.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
Carcinoid Tumor / metabolism
Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
Dihydroxyphenylalanine / pharmacokinetics
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics*
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Thymus Neoplasms / metabolism

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
fluorodopa F 18
Dihydroxyphenylalanine