A Report of Familial Carotid Body Tumors and Multiple Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytomas
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 145 (5) , 1040-1042
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38524-5
Abstract
A case of familial carotid body tumors and multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas is reported. The carotid body tumors, resected previously, were bilateral and associated with 4 intra-abdominal extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas. Magnetic resonance imaging was far superior to computerized tomography and 131iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine in visualizing the intra-abdominal lesions, and may soon become the imaging technique of choice in the evaluation of patients with suspected pheochromocytoma.Keywords
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