A report of familial carotid body tumors and multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas.
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.
Jensen
J C
JC
Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Choyke
P L
PL
Rosenfeld
M
M
Pass
H I
HI
Keiser
H
H
White
B
B
Travis
W
W
Linehan
W M
WM
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
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D013565:Sympatholytics; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine