Endocrine Abstracts

Phaeochromocytomas (Phaeo) and paragangliomas (PGL) are rare catecholamine producing tumours. It can be difficult to predict their malignant potential and patients can sometimes present with metastatic disease many years after their original diagnosis (1). Therefore, we offer a single dose of adjuvant 131I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) to subjects felt to be at higher risk of local recurrence (demonstration of capsular or vascular invasion on pathol...