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SCINTIGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION OF PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMAS
Author(s) -
FISCHER M.,
VETTER W.,
WINTERBERG B.,
HENGSTMANN J.,
ZIDEK W.,
FRIEMANN J.,
VETTER H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1984.tb00054.x
Subject(s) - scintigraphy , medicine , nuclear medicine , radiology , lesion , pheochromocytoma , radionuclide imaging , pathology
SUMMARY 131 I‐meta‐iodobenzylguanidine scanning was performed in 14 patients with phaeochromocytomas. In all but one patient scintigraphy successfully localized the lesion(s). The results confirm that scintigraphic imaging with 131 I‐meta‐iodobenzylguanidine, a noninvasive method, is a valid and reliable procedure for imaging and localization of adrenal and extra‐adrenal phaeochromocytomas, both benign and malignant.