Open AccessIs 68Ga-DOTATATE the answer in lung carcinoid? : Case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Amit Bhoil,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,
Shankaramurthy Gayana,
Raghava Kashyap,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Navneet Singh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.102839
Subject(s) - medicine , octreotide , somatostatin , somatostatin receptor , scintigraphy , lung , oncology , radiology
Carcinoid tumors are rich in somatostatin receptors and show high uptake of radiotracer on octreotide scintigraphy. 68Ga-DOTATATE could be of great help at initial staging and during follow-up of these patients. We describe a patient with avid 68Ga-DOTATATE and poor F18-FDG uptake.