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Authored By: Shane Inoue and Jerold Wallis, Assoc Prof of Radiology.

Patient: 47 year old female

History: 47-year-old woman with a retroperitonal mass and a right lower lobe lung mass which reportedly demonstrates increased uptake on outside hospital PET examination.

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Note the mildly increased uptake in the salivary glands, the only minimal splenic and renal uptake, and the location of the retroperitoneal uptake to provide a clue as to tracer type.

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Whole body MIBG

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Case [View Case with Diagnosis]Owner(s): Shane Inoue and Jerold Wallis, Assoc Prof of RadiologyLast Updated: 02-07-2013
Anatomy: Genitourinary (GU) Pathology: Neoplasm
Modality: Nuc MedAccess Level: Readable by all users, writable by NucMed Certifiers
Keywords: pheochromocytoma

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