Is Nuclear Imaging Important in the Management of Head and Neck Paragangliomas?

Laryngoscope. 2023 Oct;133(10):2443-2444. doi: 10.1002/lary.30729. Epub 2023 May 4.

Abstract

Nuclear medical imaging is indicated in most, but not all, patients with suspected paragangliomas of the head and neck. Advances in technology and somatostatin receptor analogs have improved the selectivity and sensitivity of this imaging.

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Head
  • Humans
  • Neck
  • Paraganglioma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Paraganglioma* / surgery
  • Receptors, Somatostatin

Substances

  • Receptors, Somatostatin