Yingjun Zhi, Elena Gerhard-Hartmann, Philipp E Hartrampf, Alexander Weich, Takahiro Higuchi, Thorsten A Bley, Stephan Hackenberg, Rudolf Hagen, Andreas Rosenwald, Agmal Scherzad, Hanna Remde, Martin Fassnacht, Rudolf A Werner, Sebastian E Serfling
BACKGROUND: Given their neuroendocrine origin, head and neck paragangliomas (HNPGLs) can be imaged with somatostatin receptor (SSTR)-directed PET/CT. We aimed to determine whether the in vivo PET signal can differentiate between varying HNPGL subtypes. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fourteen patients with HNPGL received pretherapeutic SSTR-PET/CTs using 68Ga-DOTATOC. Six (42.9%) patients had a jugular paraganglioma (PGL-J), 5 (35.7%) were diagnosed with carotid paraganglioma (PGL-Cs), and the remaining 3 patients (21...
September 21, 2023: Clinical Nuclear Medicine