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Case Reports
. 2023 Jan 1;48(1):e22-e23.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004444.

68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in Adrenal Schwannoma

Piyush Aggarwal  1 , Harmandeep Singh  1 , Rajender Kumar  1 , Ritambhra Nada  2 , Girdhar S Bora  3 , Rama Walia  4
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68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in Adrenal Schwannoma

Piyush Aggarwal et al. Clin Nucl Med. .

Abstract

Adrenal schwannoma is a rare adrenal incidentaloma. It is a benign tumor arising from the Schwann cells. Differentiating benign from malignant adrenal lesions requires a combination of clinical, biochemical, imaging, and histopathological findings. 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT is one of the sensitive imaging modalities to detect adrenal lesions such as pheochromocytoma. Multiple benign and malignant lesions show somatostatin receptor expression causing a high probability of false-positive findings on somatostatin receptor imaging. We present a case of adrenal incidentaloma positive on 68Ga-DOTANOC PET, which revealed a benign adrenal spindle cell tumor on histopathology.

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