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[Differential diagnosis in adrenal gland tumors using PET and 11C-metomidate]
C Juhlin1, S Törnblom, J Rastad
1Kirurgiska Kliniken, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala.
Nordisk Medicin
|December 4, 1998
Abstract:
We have investigated 13 patients with incidentaloma using PET with 11C-metomidate. The patients included six adrenocortical adenomas, one adrenal cancer, two pheochromocytomas, one myelolipoma, one benign cyst and two metastases. A very high tracer uptake was observed in all tumors originating from the adrenal cortex, allowing excellent visualisation, whereas all other processes were negative. PET with 11C-metomidate is a very promising method for the characterisation of incidentalomas and is suggested to be included very early in the evaluation of these patients.