Misleading 68 GALLIUM-dotatate PET scan in a patient with a history of a phaeochromocytoma: Unsuspected uptake in papillary thyroid carcinoma metastases.
J Neuroendocrinol
; 33(5): e12964, 2021 Mar 23.
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ABSTRACT
Scanning for somatostatin receptors using 68 Ga-dotatate positron emission tomography with co-registration with computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is now in widespread use for the identification of neuroendocrine tumours, phaeochromocytomas, and paragangliomas and their metastases. We present a case where a patient with a phaeochromocytoma showed uptake in her neck considered diagnostic of a head-and-neck paraganglioma, which was subsequently confirmed to be a metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. We alert clinicians to such falsely-identified tumours using this extensively used imaging technique.
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En
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J Neuroendocrinol
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ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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NEUROLOGIA
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2021
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Article
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Reino Unido