title: Metastatic pulmonary pheochromocytomas: positive I-123 MIBG SPECT with negative I-131 MIBG and equivocal I-123 MIBG planar imaging.
abstract: Pulmonary metastases from malignant pheochromocytoma were seen with I-123 MIBG SPECT in a 16-year-old girl but were not visualized with I-123 MIBG planar imaging. She had a left adrenalectomy for a pheochromocytoma 7 years earlier. Two small pulmonary nodules were seen on chest X-ray and CT scans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchimochi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakabeppu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tani
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine