Multidisciplinary approach including receptor radionuclide therapy with 90Y-DOTATOC ([90Y-DOTA0, Tyr3]-octreotide) and 177Lu-DOTATATE ([177Lu-DOTA0, Tyr3]-octreotate) in ectopic cushing syndrome from a metastatic gastrinoma: a promising proposal.

Objective: To present a case of a young woman with Cushing syndrome caused by ectopic production of adrenocorticotropic hormone from a metastatic pancreatic gastrin-secreting endocrine carcinoma, who had a good response to combination peptide receptor radionuclide therapy.

Methods: We review the history, physical examination, laboratory investigations, and radiographic findings in this unusual patient. Moreover, the multimodal interventions are described and discussed.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of small solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas: enhancement pattern and pathologic correlation of 2 cases.

Objective: The purpose of this series is to describe the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the characterization of small pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs) of the pancreas.

Methods: Two cases of SPTs found on conventional ultrasonography, both located at the pancreatic body, were studied with spiral computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and CEUS. A final diagnosis was obtained with histologic analysis after distal pancreatectomy.

Contrast agents for hepatic magnetic resonance imaging.

The current availability of liver-specific contrast media (LSCM) allows the possibility to obtain an accurate diagnosis when studying focal liver lesions (FLL). It is necessary to have an in-depth knowledge of the biologic and histologic characteristics of FLL and the enhancement mechanism of LSCM to gain significant accuracy in the differential diagnosis of FLL. It is possible to subdivide FLL into three main groups according to the kinetics of contrast enhancement: hypervascular FLL, hypovascular FLL, and FLL with delayed enhancement.