Bone Metastasis of Glomus Caroticum Demonstrated on Ga-68-DOTATATE PET/CT

KESİM S., Sen F., Filizoglu N., ÖZGÜVEN S., ERDİL T. Y.

CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE, cilt.47, sa.11, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Editöre Mektup
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000004333
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ga-68-DOTATATE PET, CT, bone metastasis, glomus caroticum, paraganglioma, PARAGANGLIOMAS, HEAD
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A 71-year-old man who was diagnosed with carotid body paraganglioma was referred to Ga-68-DOTATATE PET/CT for primary evaluation, which revealed unknown bony metastasis with intense Ga-68-DOTATATE uptake. Head and neck paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors, with a 10% of malignancy rate, and identification of metastatic sites is important in staging and prognosis of the disease. We aimed to highlight the impact of Ga-68-DOTATATE PET/CT on patient management, especially for equivocal lesions, as in our case.