Paediatric metastatic ganglioneuroblastoma on 68Ga-DOTA NOC PET-CT
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC), Khaitan, Kuwait.
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait.
- Department of Nuclear Medicine , Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait.
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC), Khaitan Kuwait.
Abstract
68Ga-DOTA NOC PET-CT imaging has been shown to have high accuracy for the evaluation of neuroendocrine tumours. We report a case of a 3-year-old boy who presented with a right paravertebral soft tissue mass. Biopsy showed ganglioneuroblastoma. The patient was referred for 68Ga-DOTA NOC for staging. 68Ga-DOTA NOC PET/CT images showed somatostatin-avid large right paravertebral soft tissue mass representing the primary lesion, along with increased radiotracer localization at multiple metastatic lytic bone lesions in the axial and appendicular skeleton. 68Ga-DOTA NOC PET-CT is helpful in the evaluation of the disease extent of neuroendocrine tumours including ganglioneuroblastoma.
Keywords: 68Ga-DOTA NOC PET-CT, ganglioneuro blastoma, neuroendocrine tumours, PET/CT..
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