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Diagnostic challenges in a patient with an occult insulinoma:68 Ga‐DOTA‐exendin‐4 PET/CT and 68Ga‐DOTATATE PET/CT

Authors :
Nirupa Sachithanandan
Richard Norris
Elisa Bongetti
David A. Pattison
Rodney J. Hicks
Melissa H Lee
Richard J MacIsaac
Source :
Clinical Case Reports
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2018.

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Despite growing evidence for GLP‐1R molecular‐based imaging, successful localization of insulinomas may require the use of multiple imaging modalities. Not all benign insulinomas express the GLP‐1R as expected. Our case demonstrates that there is a still an important role for traditional methods for the anatomical localization of an insulinoma.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20500904
Volume :
6
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Case Reports
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f0cd84849394a5830453cedf7d346815