Evaluation of a patient with melanoma in whom an adrenal mass was detected on CT and MR during follow-up and further characterized with PET-CT and MIBG scintigraphy. In this case report, we describe a patient with melanoma in whom an adrenal mass was detected on CT and MRI during post-surgical follow-up and was further characterized with radionuclide studies consisting of PET-CT and MIBG scintigraphy. Although the results of imaging studies suggested that the mass was a pheochromocytoma, a cortical adrenal adenoma was histologically proven. Integrated structural and functional imaging is recommended to characterize adrenal tumors; however, mistakes may occur and therefore careful imaging evaluation is required.

Integrated imaging characterization of adrenal adenoma: False-positive metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) findings of adrenal scintigraphy / Dell'€™aversana, Serena; Coppola, Milena; Balestrieri, Umberto; Mainenti, Pier Paolo; Pascale, Carmen; Imbriaco, Massimo; Chianca, Vito; Romeo, Valeria; Pellegrino, Teresa; Mainolfi, Ciro; Maurea, Simone. - In: POLISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 1733-134X. - 82:(2017), pp. 422-425. [10.12659/PJR.901853]

Integrated imaging characterization of adrenal adenoma: False-positive metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) findings of adrenal scintigraphy

Dell'€™aversana, Serena;Coppola, Milena;Balestrieri, Umberto;Mainenti, Pier Paolo;Imbriaco, Massimo;Chianca, Vito;Romeo, Valeria;Pellegrino, Teresa;Mainolfi, Ciro;Maurea, Simone
2017

Abstract

Evaluation of a patient with melanoma in whom an adrenal mass was detected on CT and MR during follow-up and further characterized with PET-CT and MIBG scintigraphy. In this case report, we describe a patient with melanoma in whom an adrenal mass was detected on CT and MRI during post-surgical follow-up and was further characterized with radionuclide studies consisting of PET-CT and MIBG scintigraphy. Although the results of imaging studies suggested that the mass was a pheochromocytoma, a cortical adrenal adenoma was histologically proven. Integrated structural and functional imaging is recommended to characterize adrenal tumors; however, mistakes may occur and therefore careful imaging evaluation is required.
2017
Integrated imaging characterization of adrenal adenoma: False-positive metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) findings of adrenal scintigraphy / Dell'€™aversana, Serena; Coppola, Milena; Balestrieri, Umberto; Mainenti, Pier Paolo; Pascale, Carmen; Imbriaco, Massimo; Chianca, Vito; Romeo, Valeria; Pellegrino, Teresa; Mainolfi, Ciro; Maurea, Simone. - In: POLISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 1733-134X. - 82:(2017), pp. 422-425. [10.12659/PJR.901853]
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