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ArticleNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2021

Incidental Muscle Uptake of

Piyush Aggarwal, Kunal Ramesh Chandekar, Ashwani Sood, Shakti Zerial, Rajender Kumar, Anindita Sinha

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Piyush AggarwalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012 India.
Kunal Ramesh ChandekarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012 India.
Ashwani SoodDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012 India.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-0361
Shakti ZerialDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012 India.
Rajender KumarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012 India.
Anindita SinhaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012 India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somatostatin receptor (SSTR)-based imaging and therapy has emerged as well-established modality in neuroendocrine tumors. However, its role in inflammation imaging is still evolving. We present a 48-year-old male with metastatic neuroendocrine tumor who underwent lutetium-177-based somatostatin receptor-based therapy. The post-therapy scan showed a focal tracer uptake in the left calf muscle in addition to the expected tracer uptake at the primary and metastatic sites. Further, cross-sectional imaging and biochemical investigations revealed peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The incidental tracer uptake in the calf on post-therapy scan potentiates the role of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in identifying macrophage-specific inflammatory reactions.

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DOTATATELutetium-177Neuroendocrine tumorsPeripheral vascular diseases

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PMID34868382
PMCPMC8602460
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