Pheochromocytoma presenting with remote bony recurrence twenty years after initial surgery: detection with 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT.

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors which can be malignant in 10% of cases. We present the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with headache and palpitation for 1 year. She had a past history of right adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma 20 years back. In between, the patient was asymptomatic. Twenty-four-hour urinary vanillylmandelic acid was raised. Noncontrast CT and ultrasound of abdomen were unremarkable. The patient underwent 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT that showed metastasis to left ilium, which was confirmed on biopsy.

• Authors: Girish Kumar Parida, Varun Singh Dhull, Punit Sharma, Chandrasekhar Bal, Rakesh Kumar
• Journal: Clinical nuclear medicine (Clin Nucl Med) Vol. 39 Issue 4 Pg. 365-6 (Apr 2014) ISSN: 1536-0229 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23640231 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• 68Ga-DOTANOC
• Organometallic Compounds

Topics

• Adrenal Gland Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Aged
• Bone Neoplasms (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, secondary)
• Female
• Humans
• Multimodal Imaging
• Organometallic Compounds
• Pheochromocytoma (pathology, surgery)
• Positron-Emission Tomography
• Recurrence
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed