EXTRAADRENAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA IN PREGNANCY - ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING FINDINGS

Authors
CARSON BJW JOHNSON MA IWANIUK G
Citation
Bjw. Carson et al., EXTRAADRENAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA IN PREGNANCY - ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING FINDINGS, Canadian Association of Radiologists journal, 46(2), 1995, pp. 122-124
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08465371
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
122 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0846-5371(1995)46:2<122:EPIP-U>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The authors describe a 24-year-old woman with extraadrenal pheochromoc ytoma during pregnancy. Initial ultrasonography (US) at 27 weeks gesta tional age failed to show the pheochromocytoma, which was subsequently found by US at 35 weeks gestational age. Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) provided diagnostic confirmation, as well as important informatio n used by the obstetrician and the surgeon in operative planning.