Role of DOTATATE-PET/CT in preoperative assessment of phaeochromocytoma and paragangliomas.

Matti L GildNikita NaikJeremy HoangEdward HsiaoRachel T McGrathMark SywakStan SidhuLeigh Walter DelbridgeBruce Gregory RobinsonGeoff SchembriRoderick John Clifton-Bligh

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2018)

Somatostatin receptor imaging (SRI) has high sensitivity in primary assessment for PC and PGL. We recommend that SRI should be performed as part of primary assessment in all suspected PGLs (due to higher risk of multifocal lesions) and in PCs suspected to be associated with hereditary syndromes or metastases.

Keyphrases

pet ct
pulmonary embolism
high resolution
patients undergoing
positron emission tomography
neuroendocrine tumors