Clinical Utility of Ga-DOTANOC Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Scan on Postoperative Assessment of Juvenile Nasal Angiofibroma

Overview

Journal Indian J Nucl Med

Specialty Nuclear Medicine

Date 2021 Mar 1

PMID 33642775

Authors

Pirabu Sakthivel

Alok Thakar

Arun Prashanth

Sreedharan Thankarajan ArunRaj

Rakesh Kumar

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Abstract

Somatostatin cell surface receptors are expressed on the peritumoral vessels of various benign and malignant neoplasms including angiofibromas. Positive initial uptake on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging with Ga-labeled DOTANOC is noted in a patient with juvenile nasal angiofibroma (JNA), and the same is noted to be absent following complete surgical excision. Functional Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT may be an early useful tool for JNA residual/recurrence identification and precise postoperative surveillance.

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