Open AccessDetection of Unilateral Axillary Nodal Uptake Both at 68Ga-DOTATOC and 18F-FDG PET/CT After 1 Week From COVID-19 Vaccine
Author(s) -
Priscilla Guglielmo,
Simona Muccioli,
Sara Berti,
Alida Sartorello,
Fiammetta Pesella,
Michele Gregianin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1536-0229
pISSN - 0363-9762
DOI - 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003918
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , nuclear medicine , nodal , vaccination , positron emission tomography computed tomography , radiology , pet ct , positron emission tomography , axillary lymph nodes , breast cancer , cancer , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
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.