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- Title
Ectopic Parathyroid Adenoma Mimicking as a Neuroendocrine Tumor on Ga68-DOTANOC Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging.
- Authors
Subramanian, Karthikeyan; Krishnaraju, Venkata Subramanian; Kumar, Rajender; Bhadada, Sanjay; Mittal, Bhagwant Rai
- Abstract
Parathyroid adenoma sometimes present in ectopic location and may pose a difficulty in both diagnosis and localization. We report a case of a young lady suspected to have neuroendocrine tumor of the mediastinum demonstrating synaptophysin positivity on an initial core needle biopsy. Ga-68 DOTANOC positron emission tomography-computed tomography revealed a somatostatin receptor-expressing lesion in the anterior mediastinum with tracer avid multiple lytic bone lesions. On further biochemical and imaging workup with Tc-99 m SESTAMIBI, a diagnosis of ectopic parathyroid adenoma was made which was further confirmed with surgical excision.
- Subjects
POSITRON emission tomography computed tomography; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE tumors; COMPUTED tomography; PARATHYROID glands; CORE needle biopsy
- Publication
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 4, p447
- ISSN
0972-3919
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_59_21