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ea0037ep1174 | Clinical Cases–Pituitary/Adrenal | ECE2015

Positive MIBG scan in a patient with adrenal failure secondary to lymphoma: a coexistent paraganglioma or false positive involvement?

Ozdemir Didem , Polat Sefika Burcak , Asan Betul , Kilicarslan Aydan , Aksoy Sabire Y , Turkolmez Seyda , Ersoy Reyhan , Cakir Bekir

Introduction: We report stage IV B cell lymphoma in a patient presenting with adrenal failure and an intraabdominal mass which imaging techniques were suggestive for paraganglioma.Case report: A 71-years-old woman admitted to our emergency clinic with severe fatigue and stupor. She was diagnosed to have primary adrenal failure since serum ACTH was 229 pg/ml and cortisol response to 250 μg co-syntropin was 6.17 μg/dl. In abdominal MRI, bilateral...