Thallium-201 Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

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6 patients were studied by 201T1 scintigraphy; 1 of them suffered from a benign, and another from a malignant adrenal pheochromocytoma. 1 patient had a hormonal inactive adrenal tumor, 3 others multiple organ metastases of malignant pheochromocytomas. At the same time, 3 of the patients were studied by 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) scintigraphy. Using different techniques like kinetic studies, whole-body scan or a 201T1-99m-Tc difference scan, benign and malignant pheochromocytoma tissues could be localized by 201T1 scintigraphy. Benign and malignant pheochromocytomas showed different kinetics of 201T1. In 2 patients with multiple organ metastases of malignant pheochromocytomas, the metastases were partly imaged by 131I-MIBG, the others by 201T1.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISBN: 978-3-8055-4079-7

ISBN: 978-3-318-00139-6

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 1985

Publication date (Print): 1985

Publication date (Electronic): 11 November 2008

Volume: 72

Issue: Suppl 1

Pages: 150-152

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Departments of ^aGeneral and Abdominal Surgery, ^bGeneral Nuclear Medicine, and ^cEndocrinology, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt a. Main, FRG

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Publisher ID: 173963 Other ID: Cardiology 1985;72:150–152

DOI: 10.1159/000173963

PubMed ID: 4053122

SO-VID: 21b19522-8a29-46ff-ba20-32bee0c868fb

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Thallium-201 Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

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