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A report of familial carotid body tumors and multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas

Journal Article · · Journal of Urology; (USA)
OSTI ID:5643389
A case of familial carotid body tumors and multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas is reported. The carotid body tumors, resected previously, were bilateral and associated with 4 intra-abdominal extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas. Magnetic resonance imaging was far superior to computerized tomography and 131iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine in visualizing the intra-abdominal lesions, and may soon become the imaging technique of choice in the evaluation of patients with suspected pheochromocytoma.
OSTI ID:
5643389
Journal Information:
Journal of Urology; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Urology; (USA) Vol. 145:5; ISSN JOURA; ISSN 0022-5347
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English