Premedication with carbidopa masks positive finding of insulinoma and beta-cell hyperplasia in [(18)F]-dihydroxy-phenyl-alanine positron emission tomography

J Clin Oncol. 2008 Nov 10;26(32):5307-8; author reply 5308-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.8581. Epub 2008 Oct 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Carbidopa / administration & dosage*
  • Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine* / analogs & derivatives
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells / diagnostic imaging*
  • Insulinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Premedication*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Carbidopa