title: A report of familial carotid body tumors and multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas.
abstract: A case of familial carotid body tumors and multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas is reported. The carotid body tumors, resected previously, were bilateral and associated with 4 intra-abdominal extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas. Magnetic resonance imaging was far superior to computerized tomography and 131iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine in visualizing the intra-abdominal lesions, and may soon become the imaging technique of choice in the evaluation of patients with suspected pheochromocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Choyke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Pass
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keiser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Travis
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Linehan
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D013565:Sympatholytics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D013565:Sympatholytics; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine