Molecular Oncologic Imaging 2791-965X Mersin University 10.71286/moi.1924977 Nuclear Medicine Nükleer Tıp Glomus caroticum imaging by means of 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose and 68Ga DOTATATE Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-5790 Koç Zehra Pınar MERSIN UNIVERSITY https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0147-2678 Özcan Pınar Pelin MERSIN UNIVERSITY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5299-8672 Yılmaz Eda Bengi MERSIN UNIVERSITY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9776-8651 Eskici Öztep Şükran MERSIN UNIVERSITY 04 30 2026 6 1 17 19 04 07 2026 04 15 2026 Copyright © 2021, Molecular Oncologic Imaging 2021 Molecular Oncologic Imaging

There are a few case reports of glomus caroticum with radionuclide imaging findings but this is the first report of an 71 years old male patient with the left mass lesion of the neck was accurately diagnosed by the imaging characteristics in metabolic and somatostatin receptor labeled PET-CT.

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