Kim Chulhan, Oh So Won, Bae Jeong Mo, Jung Kyeong Cheon, Kim Seung Hyup, Kang Keon Wook, Lee Dong Soo
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehang-ro, Seoul, 110-744 South Korea.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehang-ro, Seoul, 110-744 South Korea ; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, 39 Boramae Road, Seoul, 156-707 South Korea.
Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2011 Jun;45(2):145-8. doi: 10.1007/s13139-011-0077-9. Epub 2011 Mar 2.
Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal neuroendocrine tumors that are derived from neural crest cells. Among all the paragangliomas, those in a pelvic location are extremely rare. In addition, the prevalence of nonfunctioning paragangliomas is underestimated because of their clinical latency, and they are often underdiagnosed unless they cause symptoms. We report a case of a nonfunctioning periurethral paraganglioma that was incidentally detected by FDG PET/CT during regular follow-up after excision of a melanoma on the left thumb.
副神经节瘤是起源于神经嵴细胞的肾上腺外神经内分泌肿瘤。在所有副神经节瘤中,盆腔部位的极为罕见。此外,无功能性副神经节瘤因临床潜伏期而患病率被低估,且往往在出现症状之前未被诊断出来。我们报告一例无功能性尿道周围副神经节瘤病例,该病例在左手拇指黑色素瘤切除术后定期随访期间经FDG PET/CT偶然发现。