title: PET Imaging of Pheochromocytoma.
abstract: Pheochromocytomas are tumors derived from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla that synthesize, store, metabolize, and usually, but not always, secrete catecholamines. Although pheochromocytomas are the cause of hypertension in only a small number of patients, they can precipitate life-threatening hypertension or cardiac arrhythmias caused by excessive and episodic catecholamine secretion. This article reviews the genetics, clinical presentation, and imaging of pheochromocytoma, with special emphasis on new positron emission tomographic radiopharmaceutical agents.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Zarni
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Win
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szyszko
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom. Electronic address: adil.al-nahhas@imperial.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Nahhas
keywords: (18)F-FDG; Gallium-68-DOTATATE; Iodine-123-MIBG; Paragangliomas; Phaeochromocytoma