Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B Unmasked by 18 F-FDG PET/CT and 131 I-MIBG SPECT/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Apr;42(4):297-299. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001573.

Abstract

F-FDG PET/CT was performed to detect an occult malignancy in a 26-year-old woman with complicated medical history which included paroxysmal hypertension and significantly elevated tumor marker. The images revealed lesions in the thyroid, lymph nodes, and bilateral adrenal glands. Further I-MIBG SPECT/CT revealed intense activity in the lesion in the left adrenal gland, which was consistent with pheochromocytoma. The pathology examination after subsequent neck biopsy demonstrated medullary thyroid carcinoma. A diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B was eventually made.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine