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  • Title: A "pheo" lurks: novel approaches for locating occult pheochromocytoma.
    Author: Pacak K, Goldstein DS, Doppman JL, Shulkin BL, Udelsman R, Eisenhofer G.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 2001 Aug; 86(8):3641-6. PubMed ID: 11502790.
    Abstract:
    Most, but not all, pheochromocytomas can be localized by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Here we introduce two novel approaches for localization of pheochromocytoma in a patient in whom conventional imaging modalities failed to show the tumor. First, we establish that measurements of plasma free metanephrines coupled with vena caval sampling are useful for localizing occult pheochromocytoma, particularly when elevations in plasma catecholamines are slight or intermittent. Second, we show that positron emission tomographic scanning using the imaging agent 6-[18F]fluorodopamine as a substrate for the norepinephrine transporter offers a highly effective method for tumor localization. These novel approaches may be of value in difficult cases, where biochemical and clinical evidence of pheochromocytoma is compelling, yet conventional imaging modalities fail to locate the tumor.
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