Open AccessGa-68 DOTATATE positron emission tomography/computer tomography in initial staging and therapy response evaluation in a rare case of primary neuroblastoma in neck
Author(s) -
Kanhaiyalal Agrawal,
Ritesh Kumar,
Jaya Shukla,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.136580
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , nuclear medicine , somatostatin receptor , tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , neuroblastoma , radiology , positron emission , somatostatin , genetics , biology , cell culture
Gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTA-peptide positron emission tomography/computer tomography (PET/CT) has higher sensitivity and improved spatial resolution for the detection of somatostatin receptor expressing tumors than conventional somatostatin receptor scintigraphy. We present the findings of Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT in a rare case of primary neuroblastoma of the neck in a 12-year-old female child and its role in the evaluation of the treatment response.