The effect of catecholamines on the glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with adrenal pheochromocytoma

The effect of catecholamines on the glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with adrenal pheochromocytoma

A 50-year-old man had the diagnosis of right adrenal pheochromocytoma made by computed tomography (CT) scan together with the evidence of raised plasma catecholamine and urinary catecholamine metabolite levels. A positron emission tomography (PET)/CT study with 18Ffluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) demonstrat...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2008-02, Vol.35 (2), p.446-447
Hauptverfasser: Yamaga, Lilian Yuri Itaya, Thom, Anneliese Fischer, Wagner, Jairo, Baroni, Ronaldo Hueb, Hidal, Jairo Tabacow, Funari, Marcelo Gusmão
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Sprache:eng
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Adrenal glands
Body fat
Cancer
Cardiology
Case studies
Image of the Month
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolism
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Orthopedics
Radiology
Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:A 50-year-old man had the diagnosis of right adrenal pheochromocytoma made by computed tomography (CT) scan together with the evidence of raised plasma catecholamine and urinary catecholamine metabolite levels. A positron emission tomography (PET)/CT study with 18Ffluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) demonstrated intense, bilateral, and symmetric uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT) in the neck, supraclavicular, axillary, mediastinal, paravertebral, and perinephric regions and also in the right adrenal gland.
ISSN:1619-7070
1619-7089
DOI:10.1007/s00259-007-0538-7