Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p872 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ICEECE2012

Lutetium-177 DOTATATE for paraganglioma refractory to conventional chemotherapy: a single case report

Wernig F. , Soneji N. , Klinaki I. , Todd J. , Al-Nahas A. , Meeran K.

A 31-year-old man presented with a two month history of sweating, right-sided abdominal pain and supraclavicular swelling. CT scanning showed widespread lymphadenopathy with multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes. Biopsy of a left supraclavicular node resulted in a diagnosis of metastatic paraganglioma. Raised urinary catecholamine as well as urinary metanephrine levels further confirmed the diagnosis.A normocytic anaemia requiring repeated blood transfusi...