Metastases of predominantly dopamine-secreting phaeochromocytoma that did not accumulate meta-iodobenzylguanidine: imaging with whole body positron emission tomography using 18F-labelled deoxyglucose

Eur J Surg. 2001 Nov;167(11):866-70. doi: 10.1080/11024150152717733.

Authors

K Taniguchi¹, K Ishizu, T Torizuka, S Hasegawa, T Okawada, T Ozawa, K Iino, M Taniguchi, Y Ikematsu, Y Nishiwaki, H Kida, S Waki, M Uchimura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan. kmtani@bekkoame.ne.jp

PMID: 11848244
DOI: 10.1080/11024150152717733

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

3-Iodobenzylguanidine*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / metabolism
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / therapy
Dopamine / metabolism
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Palliative Care / methods
Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis*
Pheochromocytoma / metabolism
Pheochromocytoma / secondary*
Pheochromocytoma / therapy
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
3-Iodobenzylguanidine
Dopamine