Bilateral Glomus Caroticum With Rare Metastatic Sites Demonstrated on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, cilt.50, sa.3, ss.234-236, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000005596
- Dergi Adı: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.234-236
- Anahtar Kelimeler: bilateral glomus caroticum, Ga-68-DOTATATE PET/CT, liver metastasis, bone metastasis, paraganglioma
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A 39-year-old woman with bilateral carotid body tumors was referred to 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT for further evaluation. Unknown metastatic sites with increased 68Ga-DOTATATE uptake were detected in the left cervical lymph node, liver, and bone. Carotid body paragangliomas (CBPs) represent less than 0.5% of all head and neck tumors and are rarely seen as metastatic disease. 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT is a substantial imaging method for primary staging of CBPs, revealing unknown lesions, changing the treatment approaches and determining prognosis. We aimed to present the contribution of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT to patient management in a rare case of bilateral CBPs with rare metastatic sites.