BookGeorge Barberio Coura-Filho, Mayara Torres Silva de Oliveira, Ana Luiza Morais de Campos.
Summary: This book presents up-to-date information on the general principles of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine in the context of endocrinology. The content is divided into six parts. Section I examines general aspects of radiopharmaceuticals, scintigraphy, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), radionuclide therapies and radioguided surgery. Section II discusses diagnostic applications in benign thyroid diseases and evaluation of thyroid nodules. Section III gives an overview of the management of parathyroid diseases. Section IV presents diagnostic techniques in well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Section V addresses procedures and therapy in adrenal benign and malignant disorders (phaechromocytomas and paragangliomas). Lastly, the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors are featured in Section VI. Nuclear Medicine in Endocrine Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy is intended for non-specialists in nuclear medicine working in the field of endocrinology, and is also a valuable resource for researchers and students.
Contents:
Radiopharmaceuticals Definitions
Principles of Scintigraphies
Principles of Single Photon Emission Tomography
Principles of Positron Emission Tomography
Principles of Nuclear Medicine Therapies
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Hyperparathyroidism
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Hyperthyroidism
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Pulmonary, Intestinal and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Parathyroid Carcinomas
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in Hyperthyroidism
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in Pulmonary, Intestinal and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Intraoperative Radioguided Localization of Parathyroids
Intraoperative Radioguided Localization of Sentinel Node in Thyroid Cancer.