Radiology requires a mass of tissue, displacing tissue, infiltrating tissue, for contrast. Nuclear Medicine does not require a mass. It exploits the subtle differences between the cancer cell and the normal cell for identification. There is also an amplification factor. For example, antigen expression may be 500–50,000 per cell and receptor expression may be between 500 and 10,000 per cell. The...

Neuroendocrine tumours consist of diverse group of neoplasms. They are the most common type of nonsquamous laryngeal malignancies (0.6-1%) and mainly affect males. Atypical carcinoid is the most common type and typical carcinoid being the rarest. A 60 year male patient presented to the ENT OPD with the chief compliant of irritation in the throat and foreign body sensation since past 6 months. H...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) is a rare autosomal-dominant disease. It is associated with a broad range of endocrine tumours, most frequently arising in the parathyroid glands, the pituitary and the pancreas. Most neuroendocrine tumours will be diagnosed in the pancreas as non-functioning neuroendocrine tumours or insulinomas. Forty-two percent of the patients will develop a gastr...