PET/CT in a patient with cardiac paraganglioma

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Apr;37(4):1473-1477. doi: 10.1007/s10554-020-02101-2. Epub 2020 Nov 20.

Abstract

A 22-year-old female with SDHB-positive who presented with palpitation and hypertension after adrenalectomy was performed 18F-FDG PET/CT to detect the primary ectopic pheochromocytoma (PCC) and rule out metastasis. PET/CT is useful for detecting and localizing the primary ectopic PCC.

Keywords: 18F-FDG; Cardiac paraganglioma; PET/CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / pathology
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / surgery
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Whole Body Imaging
  • Young Adult