title: Cardiac pheochromocytoma: resection after diagnosis by 111-indium octreotide scan.
abstract: Cardiac pheochromocytoma is an exceedingly rare and unusual clinical entity. Only 37 previous surgically treated adult patients were found in review of the surgical literature. We report the case of a 13-year-old boy who had a cardiac pheochromocytoma that was localized by the 111-indium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid octreotide scintigraphy scan and confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging after computed tomographic and B1-iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine scans had failed. At operation, a 6-cm pheochromocytoma of the left atrium was found and successfully resected with reconstruction of the left atrium using autologous pericardium.
authors: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, USA.
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Lin
authors: B A
authors: BA
authors: Palafox
authors: H A
authors: HA
authors: Jackson
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Cohen
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Gazzaniga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; C071632:SDZ 215-811; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D015282:Octreotide