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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 1/2020

01-02-2020 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Case Report

Role of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in a Case of SDHB-Related Pterygopalatine Fossa Paraganglioma Successfully Controlled with Octreotide

Authors: Abhishek Jha, Mayank Patel, Eva Baker, Melissa K. Gonzales, Alexander Ling, Corina Millo, Marianne Knue, Ali Cahid Civelek, Karel Pacak

Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

We describe an unusual case of a 42-year-old female with an unresectable succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB)-related pterygopalatine fossa paraganglioma. She underwent somatostatin receptor imaging with 68Ga-DOTA(0)-Tyr(3)-octreotate (68Ga-DOTATATE) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), which showed uptake in the above mentioned tumor. Hence, the patient was started on octreotide, a cold somatostatin analog, and responded with tumor stabilization and improvement of clinical symptoms for 36 months since initiation of octreotide therapy. This case demonstrates the role of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in diagnostic localization and its subsequent role in treatment using cold somatostatin analog as a potential choice of therapy in the management of paraganglioma in an unusual location with limited therapeutic options.
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Metadata
Title
Role of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in a Case of SDHB-Related Pterygopalatine Fossa Paraganglioma Successfully Controlled with Octreotide
Authors
Abhishek Jha
Mayank Patel
Eva Baker
Melissa K. Gonzales
Alexander Ling
Corina Millo
Marianne Knue
Ali Cahid Civelek
Karel Pacak
Publication date
01-02-2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Electronic ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-019-00629-3

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