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Tumor localization in ectopic Cushing syndrome using combined PET/CT imaging.
Christina Bluemel1, Constantin Lapa, Anja Mottok
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|July 3, 2013
Summary
Diagnosing ectopic Cushing syndrome is difficult. Combined FDG PET/CT successfully located an ectopic ACTH-secreting neuroendocrine tumor in the pancreas tail in a patient with severe hypertension.
Area of Science:
- Endocrinology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Oncology
Background:
- Ectopic Cushing syndrome diagnosis poses challenges.
- Optimal imaging for ectopic ACTH-secreting tumors remains undefined.
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