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Case Reports
. 2022 Sep;37(9):2849-2851.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.16578. Epub 2022 May 2.

Cardiac hemangioma mimicking a neuroendocrine tumor on 68 Ga Dotatate PET/CT

Amar Shah  1 , Larry Binkovitz  2 , Andrew J Layman  3 , Melanie C Bois  3 , Ba Nguyen  1
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Case Reports

Cardiac hemangioma mimicking a neuroendocrine tumor on 68 Ga Dotatate PET/CT

Amar Shah et al. J Card Surg. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Cardiac hemangioma is a rare, benign primary tumor characterized by endothelial proliferation. While reports of cardiac hemangiomas demonstrating 18 F FDG avidity and other forms of hemangiomas showing 68 Ga Dotatate avidity have been published, we present a rare case of primary cardiac hemangioma demonstrating 68 Ga Dotatate avidity, mimicking a primary neuroendocrine tumor.

Keywords: 68Ga Dotatate; cardiac hemangioma; molecular imaging; neuroendocrine tumor.

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