Recurrencia de feocromocitoma en escolar de 11 años diagnosticado por I-131 MIBG / Recurrence of pheocromocytoma in 11 years old school child, diagnosed by I-131 MIBG
Rev. med. nucl. Alasbimn j
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2(8)jul. 2000. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Pheocromocytoma is a paraganglioma with an incidence of arterial hypertension approximately of 1 percent ,but its diagnosis has several important issues from the clinical point of view. 1-The tumor resection frecuently cure the hypertension. 2.-Its manifestations might simulates other diseases like carcinoid Sx, hypertiroidism,etc. 3.-It is a familiar disease transmitted by an autosomic dominant way. It is 10 percent ilateral, 10 percent extraadrenal, 10 percent occur in children and 10 percent are malignant. We present a case of pheocromocytoma recurrency in a young girl,11 y.o. operated 8 months before, at the Clinical Hospital, National University of Paraguay, School of Medicine for a right suprarrenal gland pheocromocytoma of 2cms of diameter, who consults the Pediatryc Department for arterial hypertension and cefalea. She also had a Von Hippel Sx and Glaucoma. Nuclear Medicine is a non invasive method that use the I-131M ethayodobencylguanidine(MIBG-I-131) with high accuracy to diagnose and treat both neuroblastoma and pheocromocytoma I-131 MIBG is the gold standard for the diagnosis of both entities with a sensitivity between 94-100 percent and specificity of 100 percent being the best method to evaluate these diseases in the pre and post operatory
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Main subject:
Pheochromocytoma
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3-Iodobenzylguanidine
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. med. nucl. Alasbimn j
Journal subject:
Nuclear Medicine
Year:
2000
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Article
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