Loading…
Aberrant positive metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scan in a patient with gastrointestinal stromal tumor
123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy is an effective means of diagnosing chromaffin-cell tumors such as pheochromocytoma. We report a very rare case of a 45-year-old patient with large intra-abdominal mass and elevated urinary normetanephrines. 123I-MIBG scintigraphy showed mild MIBG upt...
Saved in:
Published in: | Médecine nucléaire : imagerie fonctionelle et métabolique 2023-08, Vol.47 (4), p.221-224 |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Citations: | Items that this one cites |
Online Access: | Get full text |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Summary: | 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy is an effective means of diagnosing chromaffin-cell tumors such as pheochromocytoma. We report a very rare case of a 45-year-old patient with large intra-abdominal mass and elevated urinary normetanephrines. 123I-MIBG scintigraphy showed mild MIBG uptake. Although initial findings suggested a pheochromocytoma, histologic examination along with immunohistochemical staining revealed features suggestive of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
La scintigraphie à la 123I-métaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) est un outil efficace pour diagnostiquer les tumeurs des cellules chromaffines telles que le phéochromocytome. Nous rapportons un cas très rare d’un patient de 45 ans présentant une importante masse intra-abdominale et une élévation des normétanéphrines urinaires. La scintigraphie à la 123I-MIBG a montré une légère captation de MIBG. Bien que les résultats initiaux suggéraient un phéochromocytome, l’examen histologique ainsi que la coloration immunohistochimique ont révélé des caractéristiques évocatrices d’une tumeur stromale gastro-intestinale (GIST). |
---|---|
ISSN: | 0928-1258 1878-6820 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mednuc.2023.04.001 |