Disseminated malignant phaeochromocytoma: localisation with iodine-131-labelled meta-iodobenzylguanidine. Issue 6349 (23rd October 1982)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sutton, H; Wyeth, P; Allen, A P; Thurtle, O A; Hames, T K; Cawley, M I; Ackery, D
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 285:Issue 6349(1982)
• Page Start: 1153
• Page End: 1154
• Publication Date: 1982-10-23
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.285.6349.1153
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : Meta-iodobenzylguanidine, a guanethidine analogue, is a newly synthesised substance capable of imaging the adrenal medulla. In a woman in whom phaeochromocytoma has been diagnosed iodine-131-labelled metaiodobenzylguanidine was given intravenously; gamma-camera images showed bilateral adrenal tumours and uptake corresponding to bone and liver metastases. 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine is effective in localising phaeochromocytomas, and the technique is safe, specific, and non-invasive.