A CASE REPORT: THE ROLE OF GALLIUM-68 DOTATATE PET SCAN IN NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 83 - 85, 01.10.2016

Nur Gülce İşkan Mehmet Can Keyfoğlu Gülay Durmuş Altun

Abstract

Aims: Neuroendocrine tumors are rare neoplasms which express high quantity of somatostatin receptors. Gallium-68
DOTATATE PET scan is used to detect these tumors. In this case presentation, it is aimed to show the role of
Ga-68 DOTATATE PET scan in detecting neuroendocrine tumors.
Case Report: Sixty-four-year-old female consulted Trakya University Hospital Department of Nuclear Medicine
with a diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors in her various visceral organs. Galium-68 DOTATATE PET scan was
used to detect the lesions and afterwards peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with Lutetium (Lu)-177 DOTATATE
was given to the patient.
Conclusion: Galium-68 DOTATATE PET scan plays a major role in detecting neuroendocrine tumors with
high accuracy.

Keywords

Galium , neuroendocrine tumors , lutetium , somatostatin receptor