In vivo detection of catecholamines by magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A potential specific biomarker for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma

Alessio Imperiale; Stephanie Battini; Gerlinde Averous; Didier Mutter; Bernard Goichot; Philippe Bachellier; Karel Pacak; David Taïeb; Izzie-Jacques Namer

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.012

In vivo detection of catecholamines by magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A potential specific biomarker for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma

Surgery. 2016 Apr;159(4):1231-3. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.012. Epub 2015 May 1.

Authors

Alessio Imperiale¹, Stephanie Battini², Gerlinde Averous³, Didier Mutter⁴, Bernard Goichot⁵, Philippe Bachellier⁶, Karel Pacak⁷, David Taïeb⁸, Izzie-Jacques Namer⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; ICube, UMR (Unité Mixte de Recherche) 7357 University of Strasbourg/CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) & FMTS (Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg), Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: alessio.imperiale@chru-strasbourg.fr.
² ICube, UMR (Unité Mixte de Recherche) 7357 University of Strasbourg/CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) & FMTS (Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg), Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
³ Department of Pathology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
⁴ Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, IRCAD-IHU, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
⁶ Department of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
⁷ Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
⁸ Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, CERIMED, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France; Inserm UMR1068 Marseille Cancerology Research Center, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.
⁹ Department of Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; ICube, UMR (Unité Mixte de Recherche) 7357 University of Strasbourg/CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) & FMTS (Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg), Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / metabolism
Adult
Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
Catecholamines / metabolism*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis*
Pheochromocytoma / metabolism
Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor
Catecholamines

Grants and funding

ZIA HD008735/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States