Bilateral Adrenal Extremely Intense Metabolic Activity on 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient With Pheochromocytomas

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Sep;44(9):748-749. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002624.

Abstract

Bilateral adrenal masses were found by ultrasound on a 55-year-old man with sudden onset of chest distress and palpitation after drinking alcohol. After the negative laboratory tests of plasma catecholamine and urinary vanillylmandelic acid, the F-FDG PET/CT revealed extremely intense metabolic activity in the bilateral adrenal lesions, and the subsequent I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy also showed increased radioactivity in the lesions. The pathology of surgery confirmed the diagnosis of bilateral pheochromocytomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adrenal Glands / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Glands / metabolism*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pheochromocytoma / metabolism*
  • Pheochromocytoma / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18