title: 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient With Glomus Vagale Paraganglioma and Eisenmenger Syndrome: Searching for the Missing Link?
abstract: There is emerging evidence linking cyanotic heart disease and pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma through a proposed hypoxia pathway. We present a 59-year-old woman with known Eisenmenger syndrome secondary to delayed diagnosis of ventricular septal defect, in whom F-FDG PET/CT provided comprehensive evaluation of both an F-FDG-avid left glomus vagale paraganglioma and also increased right ventricular myocardial glucose metabolism in response to severe pulmonary hypertension in the chronic shunting state.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Medical Imaging, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Charlie Chia-Tsong
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Dalveer
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Gigi Nga Chi
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhuta
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001016:Aortic Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18