| Literature DB >> 23377414 |
Giorgio Treglia1, Frediano Inzani, Nicoletta Campanini, Guido Rindi, Salvatore Agnes, Alessandro Giordano, Vittoria Rufini.
Abstract
A 65-year-old woman with suspected insulinoma on the basis of clinical, biochemical, and conventional imaging data underwent F-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) PET/CT and Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT. F-DOPA PET/CT did not show any focal uptake in the pancreas, whereas Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT showed a focal area of intense uptake in the pancreatic tail. The patient underwent surgery and an insulinoma of about 20 mm in diameter was detected in the pancreatic tail. F-DOPA PET may fail in localizing insulin secreting tumors in adults; in these cases, the use of Ga-somatostatin analogs may lead to the correct diagnosis.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23377414 DOI： 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825b222f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Nucl Med ISSN： 0363-9762 Impact factor: 7.794