(68)Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging in carotid body tumor

Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Apr;38(4):e191-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318279b71e.

Abstract

Imaging modalities like Doppler ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are routinely used in the diagnosis of carotid body tumors. Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT is another promising noninvasive technique in the diagnosis of carotid body tumors. We present F-FDG PET/CT and Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in a 30-year-old man with carotid body tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carotid Body Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carotid Body Tumor / pathology
  • Carotid Body Tumor / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate