False positive 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scan in the postoperative assessment of malignant phaeochromocytoma secondary to medullary hyperplasia

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1146, 2002, Pages 18-

  Burt, Morton G ^a   Allen, Berry ^a   Conaglen, John V ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; CATECHOLAMINE; (3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL MEDULLA TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENAL TUMOR; HYPERPLASIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0037169222     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Tumour size: The only predictive factor for 131 I MIBG uptake in phaechromocytoma and paraganglioma
2. 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine in contralateral adrenal region after resection of an adrenal phaeochromocytoma
3. The treatment of malignant phaeochromocytoma with iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine: A comprehensive review of 116 reported patients
4. Basic fibroblast growth factor may mediate proliferation in the compensatory adrenal growth response