Pheochromocytoma fascinates and ... and markedly elevated metanephrines or catecholamines) Perform abdominal contrast-enhanced CT or MRI; if abdominal imaging is negative, consider MRI of skull ...

Abdominal CT at an outside facility revealed a 1.9 ... s right adrenal nodule and was consistent with a functional pheochromocytoma (Figure 3). CT scans have a sensitivity of 93% to 100% of ...

The panel of experts at the ISP felt strongly that localization of pheochromocytoma ... CT or MRI is used, there was a general agreement that imaging studies should initially focus on the abdomen ...

In approximately 10% of patients, pheochromocytoma is discovered incidentally during computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen for unrelated symptoms. One study ...

She was treated with α- and β-adrenergic blockade, and a pheochromocytoma was removed. A right adrenal mass (Panel B, arrow), 3.6 cm by 2.5 cm, was incidentally discovered on abdominal CT ...

CT imaging of the abdomen and 123 I-labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy revealed a right pheochromocytoma and left adrenal incidentaloma. An inherited neoplasia syndrome was suspected and ...

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor that develops ... levels of adrenaline or noradrenaline in their body. Imaging tests: A CT or MRI scan of the adrenal glands may confirm the presence of a tumor.

Sweating, tremor, and abdominal pain with nausea ... When symptoms and biochemical tests suggest pheochromocytoma, CT or MRI are the most accurate means of locating the tumor, provided that ...

(2) A pheochromocytoma is a tumor that forms in ... Paragangliomas are most commonly found in the abdomen but can grow in the skull area, neck, chest cavity, pelvis, or bladder.