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KMID : 0363819920260020365
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Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
1992 Volume.26 No. 2 p.365 ~ p.370
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131I-MIBG Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Suspected Pheochromocytoma
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Abstract
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Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumors of neuroectodermal origin. Diagnosis of pheochromocytoma is significant due to potentially curable hypertension. But they have a significant associated morbidity due to uncontrolled
hypertension
and
mortality since 10% are malignant.
From Aug. 1989 to Jul. 1992, 12 patients of our institution had 131I-MIBG scan during work up of suspected primary or recurrent pheochromocytoma.
In our studies conclude that 131I-MIBG scan is recommended as the initial localizing study of choice (especially for the detection of extraadrenal disease and postoperative recurrence ) as a guide for CT and/or MR and specific functional
confirmation of
their findings.
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