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. 2007 Jul;2(3):341-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2008.04.003. Epub 2008 Sep 19.

PET Imaging of Pheochromocytoma

Sameer Khan  1 , Zarni Win  1 , Teresa Szyszko  1 , Claire Lloyd  1 , Joel Dunn  1 , Abass Alavi  2 , Adil Al-Nahhas  3
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PET Imaging of Pheochromocytoma

Sameer Khan et al. PET Clin. 2007 Jul.

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.

Keywords: (18)F-FDG; Gallium-68-DOTATATE; Iodine-123-MIBG; Paragangliomas; Phaeochromocytoma.

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