Super Mario sign at somatostatin receptor PET/CT
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Published:2024-06-28
Issue:7
Volume:74
Page:1382-1383
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ISSN:0030-9982
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Container-title:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
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language:
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Short-container-title:J Pak Med Assoc
Author:
Sharjeel Usmani ,Khulood Al Riyami ,Anjali Jain ,Muneera Al Maraghy
Abstract
68Ga-DOTA NOC PET-CT imaging has been shown to have high accuracy for the evaluation of neuroendocrine tumours. Wepresent the case of a 59-year-old male with well differentiated gastric neuroendocrine tumour (grade II) treated with surgery.68Ga-DOTA NOC PET/CT was performed to rule out metastasis. 68Ga-DOTA NOC showed physiological uptake in the bilateraladrenal and horseshoe kidney appearing as the famous character Super Mario. There is no evidence of any abnormalsomatostatin avid lesion.Keywords: 68Ga-DOTA NOC PET-CT, horseshoe kidney, neuroendocrine tumors, PET/CT
Publisher
Pakistan Medical Association