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Abdominal Radiology
Published in: Abdominal Radiology 11/2017

01-11-2017 | Classics in Abdominal Imaging

The light bulb sign in pheochromocytoma

Authors: Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca, Marco Philipe Teles Reis Ponte, Fernando Ide Yamauchi, Ronaldo Hueb Baroni

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 11/2017

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Pheochromocytomas are the most common tumors arising from the adrenal medulla. Although preoperative diagnosis can be straightforward with biochemical testing [1], imaging is useful for lesion location and staging as 10% can be extra-adrenal, and 10% malignant [1‐3]. …
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Elsayes KM, Emad-Eldin S, Morani AC, Jensen CT (2017) Practical approach to adrenal imaging. Radiol Clin North Am 55:279–301CrossRefPubMed
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Varghese JC, Hahn PF, Papanicolaou N, et al. (1997) MR differentiation of phaeochromocytoma from other adrenal lesions based on qualitative analysis of T2 relaxation times. Clin Radiol 52:603–606CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
The light bulb sign in pheochromocytoma
Authors
Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca
Marco Philipe Teles Reis Ponte
Fernando Ide Yamauchi
Ronaldo Hueb Baroni
Publication date
01-11-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1198-0

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