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Imaging of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Surgical Pathology of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Abstract

Endocrine and neuroendocrine tumors, which secrete hormones or vasoactive substances, comprise a broad and divergent group of diseases. In the following section we have chosen some of the more common functional tumors to illustrate the spectrum of imaging findings, cross sectionally as well as scintigraphically.

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA

    Gul Moonis (Assistant professor of Radiology)

  2. Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kalpana Mani

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Moonis, G., Mani, K. (2009). Imaging of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors. In: Khan, A. (eds) Surgical Pathology of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-396-1_1

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