Lung India (Jan 2012)

Is 68Ga-DOTATATE the answer in lung carcinoid? : Case report and review of literature

  • Amit Bhoil,
  • Bhagwant R Mittal,
  • Shankaramurthy Gayana,
  • Raghava Kashyap,
  • Anish Bhattacharya,
  • Navneet Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.102839
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 378 – 380

Abstract

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Carcinoid tumors are rich in somatostatin receptors and show high uptake of radiotracer on octreotide scintigraphy. 68Ga-DOTATATE could be of great help at initial staging and during follow-up of these patients. We describe a patient with avid 68Ga-DOTATATE and poor F18-FDG uptake.

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