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PET/CT in a patient with cardiac paraganglioma

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A 22-year-old female with SDHB-positive who presented with palpitation and hypertension after adrenalectomy was performed 18F-FDG PET/CT to detect the primary ectopic pheochromocytoma (PCC) and rule out metastasis. PET/CT is useful for detecting and localizing the primary ectopic PCC.

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Acknowledgements

This study was funded by Post Doctor Funding of China (Grant Number 2015M582898), the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong (Grant Numbers 2015GGH318005 and 2018GSF118178).

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  1. Department of PET/CT, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated To Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, People’s Republic of China

    Yanhua Duan, Xiao Cui, Kun Li, Qinghong Shi & Zhaoping Cheng

  2. Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250014, People’s Republic of China

    Rui Xu

  3. Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250014, People’s Republic of China

    Wen Liu

  4. Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250014, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoqing Yang

  5. Department of Ultrasound, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong University, No. 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, People’s Republic of China

    Li Chen

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Duan, Y., Xu, R., Liu, W. et al. PET/CT in a patient with cardiac paraganglioma. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 37, 1473–1477 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-020-02101-2

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