Gallbladder Uptake Mimicking Liver Metastasis on Lu-177-DOTATATE Posttherapy Scan Gallbladder Uptake on Lu-177-DOTATATE Scan


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Araz M., Baltacıoğlu M. H., Saglam S., Ozguven M. A., Küçük N. Ö.

CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE, vol.46, no.3, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Editorial Material
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003475
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Keywords: Lu-177-DOTATATE, gallbladder, neuroendocrine tumor, PRRT, RECEPTOR RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY, NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We represent the case of a 61-year-old man with atypical carcinoid tumor of the lung. On posttherapy Lu-177-DOTATATE whole-body scan, focal intense uptake in the inferomedial side of the liver was detected. Pretherapy Ga-68-DOTATATE PET/CT showed no sign of liver metastasis, and posttherapy diagnostic dynamic liver MRI is used to exclude metastatic liver disease. Focal intense uptake was attributed to physiological gallbladder uptake.