Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT in a patient with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Migara Jayasekera, BS; Stephen Sartin, MD; Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2023)

Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT in a patient with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Migara Jayasekera, BS,
Stephen Sartin, MD,
Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA

Affiliations

Migara Jayasekera, BS: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
Stephen Sartin, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA: Corresponding author.; Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 1046 – 1048

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This case report follows a 70-year-old male patient with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome undergoing computed tomography (CT) for weight loss and surveillance of bilateral adrenal nodules. Incidentally, diffuse gastric and duodenal wall thickening was noted on CT. The patient underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy with biopsy results showing well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NET) in the stomach and duodenum. Subsequent imaging with gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT showed intense tracer uptake in the stomach and proximal duodenum with liver and regional nodal metastases around the superior mesenteric artery. This case outlines the utility of Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT in diagnosing, localizing, and staging NET such as gastrinomas.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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