Ga-68 octreotate PET/CT and Tc-99m heat-denatured red blood cell SPECT/CT imaging of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen

Thomas W Barber; Andrew Dixon; Marty Smith; Kenneth S K Yap; Victor Kalff

doi:10.1111/1754-9485.12319

Ga-68 octreotate PET/CT and Tc-99m heat-denatured red blood cell SPECT/CT imaging of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2016 Apr;60(2):227-9. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.12319. Epub 2015 Jun 3.

Authors

Thomas W Barber¹, Andrew Dixon², Marty Smith³, Kenneth S K Yap¹, Victor Kalff¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Radiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 26041021
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12319

Abstract

Intrapancreatic accessory spleens are relatively uncommon and can be difficult to distinguish from neuroendocrine tumours on CT, MRI and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman with an incidentally diagnosed pancreatic lesion confirmed to be an intrapancreatic accessory spleen on Tc-99m heat-denatured red blood cell single photon emission computed tomography/CT.

Keywords: GaTate; PET/CT; SPECT/CT; intrapancreatic accessory spleen.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Choristoma / diagnostic imaging*
Contrast Media
Erythrocytes*
Female
Humans
Incidental Findings
Organometallic Compounds
Pancreatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Spleen / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods

Substances

Contrast Media
Organometallic Compounds
Radiopharmaceuticals
gallium Ga 68 dotatate