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Glucagonoma MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Abdominal MRI is helpful in the diagnosis of glucagonoma. On abdominal MRI, glucagonoma is characterized by a mass which is hypo-intense on T1-weighted MRI and hyper-intense on T2-weighted MRI. MRI is preferred over contrast-enhanced CT or somatostatin receptor scintigraphy for assessing metastasis.
MRI
MRI
- Findings on abdominal MRI suggestive of glucagonoma include:[1]
- T1: low signal intensity
- T2: high signal intensity
- MRI is preferred over contrast-enhanced CT or somatostatin receptor scintigraphy for assessing metastasis.
References
References
- ↑ Lv WF, Han JK, Liu X, Wang SC, Pan BO, Xu AO (2015). “Imaging features of glucagonoma syndrome: A case report and review of the literature”. Oncol Lett. 9 (4): 1579–1582. doi:10.3892/ol.2015.2930. PMC 4356379. PMID 25789004.
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