68Ga-DOTATATE Uptake by Cervicothoracic (Stellate) Ganglia

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Oct;44(10):810-811. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002731.

Abstract

Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT, a functional imaging modality for assessment of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors, targeting the somatostatin receptors, has essentially replaced the conventional gamma camera-based imaging with In-labeled octreotide. Physiologic distribution, normal variations, and common pitfalls with Ga-DOTATATE imaging have been well described in the literature. Here, we describe uptake of Ga-DOTATATE in 2 different patients at cervicothoracic junction within the stellate ganglia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / metabolism
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Organometallic Compounds / metabolism*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Receptors, Somatostatin / metabolism
  • Stellate Ganglion / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stellate Ganglion / metabolism*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Receptors, Somatostatin
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate