18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with glomus vagale paraganglioma and Eisenmenger syndrome searching for the missing link?

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Hsu, Charlie Chia-Tsong
Singh, Dalveer
Kwan, Gigi Nga Chi
Bhuta, Sandeep
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2016
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There is emerging evidence linking cyanotic heart disease and pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma through a proposed hypoxia pathway. We present a 59-year-old woman with known Eisenmenger syndrome secondary to delayed diagnosis of ventricular septal defect, in whom 18F-FDG PET/CT provided comprehensive evaluation of both an 18F-FDG-avid left glomus vagale paraganglioma and also increased right ventricular myocardial glucose metabolism in response to severe pulmonary hypertension in the chronic shunting state.

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Clinical Nuclear Medicine

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41

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3

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Clinical sciences

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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Hsu, CC-T; Singh, D; Kwan, GNC; Bhuta, S, 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with glomus vagale paraganglioma and Eisenmenger syndrome searching for the missing link?, Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2016, 41 (3), pp. e135-e136

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