Late presentation of metastatic pheochromocytoma: a problem case solved by I-131 MIBG scintigraphy.
A patient presented with recurrent pheochromocytoma 10 years following the apparently successful surgical cure of a right adrenal pheochromocytoma. Conventional medical imaging techniques, (chest radiograph, abdominal ultrasound, and abdominal CT) suggested local recurrence for which surgery was planned. I-131 MIBG scintigraphy revealed disseminated metastatic disease that rendered attempts at surgical cure futile. The patient was treated with three therapeutic doses of I-131 MIBG with good symptomatic palliation and improvement of some biochemical parameters.
Istituto di Medicina Nucleare, Ospedale Civile di Udine, Italy.
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D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007462:Iodobenzenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine