Localisation of an occult thyrotropinoma with 11C-methionine PET-CT before and after somatostatin analogue therapy

Olympia Koulouri; Andrew C Hoole; Patrick English; Kieren Allinson; Nagui Antoun; Heok Cheow; Neil G Burnet; Neil Donnelly; Richard J Mannion; Mark Gurnell

doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30311-4

Localisation of an occult thyrotropinoma with ¹¹C-methionine PET-CT before and after somatostatin analogue therapy

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Dec;4(12):1050. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30311-4. Epub 2016 Oct 21.

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¹ Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Medical Physics, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Department of Neuroradiology, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁷ Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ Department of Otolaryngology, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁰ Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

PMID: 27777050
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30311-4

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Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / diagnosis*
Adenoma / drug therapy*
Adenoma / metabolism
Aged
Carbon Radioisotopes
Female
Goiter / complications
Goiter / diagnosis
Humans
Methionine
Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / complications
Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / diagnosis*
Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Pituitary Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Pituitary Neoplasms / metabolism
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Somatostatin / analogs & derivatives*
Somatostatin / therapeutic use
Thyrotropin / metabolism*

Substances

Carbon Radioisotopes
Somatostatin
Thyrotropin
Methionine

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