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ArticleNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2021

False-Positive Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT in Vertebral Hemangioma.

Ahmed Abdulrahman Alruwaili, Alaa Khalid Alduraibi, Mohammed Fahed Alzayed

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Article in Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed Abdulrahman AlruwailiDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affaires, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Alaa Khalid AlduraibiDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2498-4393
Mohammed Fahed AlzayedDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affaires, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAQassim University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A healthy 52-year-old man started to have few minutes spells of palpitation, tachycardia, hot flashes, and chest tightness. He had a lab work-up for carcinoid, including 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), which was negative. Months later, his symptoms became worse which warranted further investigation to exclude carcinoid disease. Gallium-68 DOTATATE positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning was performed to assess the patient for carcinoid tumor. It showed foci of radiotracer avidity in the thoracic and lumber spine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the vertebral lesions showed atypical hemangioma. Subsequently, follow-up serum chromogranin A testing was negative.

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68-Gallium DOTATATEMagnetic resonance imagingSomatostatin receptorsVertebral hemangioma

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PMID33968277
PMCPMC8053631
OpenAlexW3125155134

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