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Added-value of molecular imaging in myocardial metastasis of an ileal neuroendocrine tumour treated with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy: a case report.

María Del Carmen Mallón AraujoEstephany Abou Jokh CasasCharigan Abou Jokh CasasVirginia Pubul Núñez
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
The 68Ga-Dotatate PET/CT is currently considered the gold standard for assessment and follow-up of NET, including those with rare sites of metastasis such as cardiac infiltration. In this case, it stimulated the persue of possible cardiac involvement, detecting the coexistence of two types of lesions (cardiac metastasis and carcinoid valve disease). Of these, carcinoid valvulopathy develops in 50% of NET cases, while cardiac metastasis (CM) is less frequent (only 5%).
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