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AIM OF THE STUDY:To evaluate the role of nuclear medicine techniques in the management of patients with thymoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Authors performed a review of the literature about the usefulness of traditional nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography in patients with thymic tumours. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:Nuclear medicine imaging can provide additional information in cases of thymoma such as in differential diagnosis between thymic tumours, staging and restaging. Thallium-201 (201Tl), 99mTc-sestamibi and 99mTc-tetrofosmin are useful tumour-imaging agent. Another radiopharmaceutical useful in the management of thymomas is 111In-pentetreotide, a somatostatin analogue, used to define the receptor status and the extent of disease in malignant thymomas. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic tool for diagnosis, staging and restaging of neoplasms in general. The most used PET radiopharmaceutical is the fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG), a glucose analogue. The uptake of FDG reflects the metabolic activity of organs and neoplasms and correlates with the tumour growth rate. There is a paucity of literature on the use of PET scanning in the diagnosis of thymoma. Further perspective studies with a larger number of cases, considering the development of hybrid imaging PET-CT and new PET radiopharmaceuticals, may increase the role of nuclear medicine in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of thymic neoplasms.
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Ann Ital Chirjournal_title
Annali italiani di chirurgiaauthors
Treglia G,Spitilli MG,Calcagni ML,Giordano Asubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-09-01 00:00:00pages
371-4issue
5eissn
0003-469Xissn
2239-253Xjournal_volume
78pub_type
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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doi：
更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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doi：
更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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doi：
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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doi：
更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annali italiani di chirurgia
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更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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