A pitfall of metaiodobenzylguanidine scan: Paraganglioma in close proximity to adrenocortical adenoma

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 294-297

  Kekäläinen, Päivi ^a,b   Alhava, E ^a   Vanninen, E ^a   Niskanen, L ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Joensuu Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

MIBG scan; Paraganglioma; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; CHROMOGRANIN A; METADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; TRACER;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUSHING; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METANEPHRINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0041924928     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41288     Document Type: Article

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