title: Intense FDG activity in the brown adipose tissue in omental and mesenteric regions in a patient with malignant pheochromocytoma.
abstract: A 39-year-old man who had a history of surgical excision of left adrenal pheochromocytoma 3 years ago underwent an FDG PET/CT scan to evaluate possible metastatic/recurrent disease. In addition to multiple FDG-avid lesions typical of hypermetabolic malignant disease and the FDG uptake in regions rich in brown adipose tissue, there was also intense FDG activity in the omental and mesenteric regions, which are not common locations of elevated FDG activity. On the repeat FDG PET/CT scan 3 days later after the patient was prepared with propranolol, the omental and mesenteric FDG activity was diminished.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wuying
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiaona
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Libo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18