| Literature DB >> 24900047 |
Jong-Ryool Oh1, Harshad Kulkarni2, Cecilia Carreras2, Georg Schalch2, Jung-Joon Min1, Richard P Baum2.
Abstract
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome with a variety of benign and malignant tumors such as retinal and central nervous system hemangioblastomas, endolymphatic sac tumors, renal cysts and tumors, pancreatic cysts and tumors, pheochromocytomas, and epididymal cystadenomas. Cross-sectional modalities (computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) as well as ultrasound play a major role in the initial evaluation and follow-up of the various manifestations of VHL disease. Ga-68-labeled somatostatin receptor analogs already have a significant role in the diagnosis, staging, and therapy management of neuroendocrine neoplasms and neural crest tumors. Herein, we report a case presenting a variety of malignancies in VHL and showing the usefulness of Ga-68 somatostatin receptor PET/CT as a one-stop-shop imaging modality in the management of VHL disease.Entities:
Keywords: Ga-68 DOTA-NOC PET/CT; Ga-68 DOTA-TATE PET/CT; Ga-68 DOTA-TOC PET/CT; Hemangioblastoma; Pheochromocytoma; von Hippel-Lindau disease
Year: 2012 PMID: 24900047 PMCID: PMC4042996 DOI: 10.1007/s13139-012-0133-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucl Med Mol Imaging ISSN: 1869-3474