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Misleading ⁶⁸GALLIUM-dotatate PET scan in a patient with a history of a phaeochromocytoma: Unsuspected uptake in papillary thyroid carcinoma metastases

Daniel Moffat

Department of Neurosurgery, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK

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Polly Richards,

Polly Richards

Department of Radiology, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK

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Tom R. Kurzawinski,

Tom R. Kurzawinski

Department of Endocrine Surgery, University College Hospital, London, UK

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Sameer Khan,

Sameer Khan

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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Bernard Khoo,

Bernard Khoo

Department of Endocrinology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

ENETs Centre of Excellence, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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Ashley Grossman,

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Ashley Grossman

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ENETs Centre of Excellence, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, London, UK

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Ashley Grossman, ENETS Centre of Excellence, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, UK.

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Daniel Moffat,

Daniel Moffat

Department of Neurosurgery, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK

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Polly Richards,

Polly Richards

Department of Radiology, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK

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Tom R. Kurzawinski,

Tom R. Kurzawinski

Department of Endocrine Surgery, University College Hospital, London, UK

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Sameer Khan,

Sameer Khan

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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Bernard Khoo,

Bernard Khoo

Department of Endocrinology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

ENETs Centre of Excellence, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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Ashley Grossman,

Corresponding Author

Ashley Grossman

[email protected]

ENETs Centre of Excellence, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, London, UK

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Ashley Grossman, ENETS Centre of Excellence, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, UK.

Email: [email protected]

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First published: 23 March 2021

https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12964

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Abstract

Scanning for somatostatin receptors using ⁶⁸Ga-dotatate positron emission tomography with co-registration with computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is now in widespread use for the identification of neuroendocrine tumours, phaeochromocytomas, and paragangliomas and their metastases. We present a case where a patient with a phaeochromocytoma showed uptake in her neck considered diagnostic of a head-and-neck paraganglioma, which was subsequently confirmed to be a metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. We alert clinicians to such falsely-identified tumours using this extensively used imaging technique.

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