Paragangliomas, or glomus tumors, are neoplasms arising from extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue. They frequently cause symptoms by over-production of catecholamines with known predilection to multicentricity. We describe the case of a patient with bilateral carotid body tumor who underwent a preoperative ⁶⁸Gallium labeled [1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid]-1-NaI3-Octreotide (⁶⁸Ga-DOTANOC) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for staging. This is a unique case in which multiple paraganglioma and pheochromocytoma were demonstrated in a single patient using ⁶⁸Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT.
Keywords: (68)Ga-DOTANOC; (68)Ga-tetraaza ciclododecano ácido tetraacético-Nal (3)-octreótido; (68)Ga-tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid-Nal(3)-octreotide; Carotid body tumor; Gammagrafía; PET/CT; PET/TC; Paraganglioma; Radionuclide imaging; Tumor del cuerpo carotídeo.
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