A non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma detected incidentally with PET-CT / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 374-379, 2009.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-110940
ABSTRACT
Whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is a tomographic imaging technique that uses a radiolabeled analog of glucose, 18F-FDG, to image relative glucose uptake rates in various tissues. Since the glucose uptake is increased in many malignancies, 18F-FDG PET is a sensitive method for detecting, staging, and monitoring the effects of therapy on many malignancies. However, it is uncommon to discover an asymptomatic non-functioning pituitary tumor unexpectedly as a hypermetabolic lesion in PET studies. Here, we report a pituitary tumor that was detected incidentally by FDG-PET and ultimately turned out to be a non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma.
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Main subject:
Pituitary Neoplasms
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Glucose
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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