Open AccessDiagnostic challenges in a patient with an occult insulinoma: 68 Ga‐ DOTA ‐exendin‐4 PET / CT and 68 Ga‐ DOTATATE PET / CT
Author(s) -
Bongetti Elisa,
Lee Melissa H.,
Pattison David A,
Hicks Rodney J.,
Norris Richard,
Sachithanandan Nirupa,
MacIsaac Richard J
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1448
Subject(s) - insulinoma , dota , medicine , molecular imaging , occult , nuclear medicine , pancreas , in vivo , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , alternative medicine
Key Clinical Message Despite growing evidence for GLP ‐1R molecular‐based imaging, successful localization of insulinomas may require the use of multiple imaging modalities. Not all benign insulinomas express the GLP ‐1R as expected. Our case demonstrates that there is a still an important role for traditional methods for the anatomical localization of an insulinoma.