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18F-fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA) PET (positron emission tomography) fluorodopamine-(18F) stored in the presynaptic catecholamine vesicles. It can be used to visualize mostly functional neuroendocrine tumors (Fig. 1).
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Schaefer, N. (2021). 18F-Fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA). In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5269-1
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