Detection of Unilateral Axillary Nodal Uptake Both at 68Ga-DOTATOC and 18F-FDG PET/CT After 1 Week From COVID-19 Vaccine

Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Feb 1;47(2):e123-e124. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003918.

Abstract

Recently, vaccination against COVID-19 has gained wide diffusion, especially among vulnerable individuals, such as cancer patients. At the same time, patients have been undergoing PET/CT examinations after vaccination in an increasing number, and cases of false-positive axillary nodal uptake have been described, mostly at 18F-FDG PET. Here, we describe the case of both 68Ga-DOTATOC and 18F-FDG axillary nodal uptake in a young woman affected by a metastatic retroperitoneal paraganglioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • COVID-19*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Ga(III)-DOTATOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Octreotide