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Table 3 Study of ectopic ACTH PET-CT scan with 68Ga-DOTA peptides

From: The value of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT in diagnosis and management of suspected pituitary tumors

Studies

Patients

Positive uptake within ectopic tumor

Negative uptake within ectopic tumor

Tracer

Tumor types

Veit et al. (2013)

1

1

0

68Ga-DOTANOC

Paranasal adenoma

Singer et al. (2010)

1

1

0

68Ga-DOTATOC

Ileum carcinoma

Ozkan et al. (2013)

5

2

3*

68Ga-DOTATATE

Bronchial carcinoid-1, metastatic atypical carcinoid-1

Kakade et al. (2013)

6

4

2

68Ga-DOTATATE

Bronchial carcinoid-1, PNET-1, MTC-2

Gilardi et al. (2014)

5

5

0

68Ga-DOTATOC

Bronchial carcinoid

Venkitaraman et al. (2014)

3

3

0

68Ga-DOTATOC

Bronchial carcinoid

Treglia et al. (2013)

1

1

0

68Ga-DOTANOC

PNET

Darr et al. (2012)

1

1

0

68Ga-DOTATATE

Bronchial carcinoid

Thomas et al. (2013)

1

1

0

68Ga-DOTATATE

Nasal paraganglioma

Willhauck et al. (2012)

1

1

0

68Ga-DOTATATE

Sphenoid adenoma

Schalin-Jäntti et al. (2012)

1

0

1

68Ga-DOTATOC

Bronchial carcinoid

Gani et al. (2011)

1

0

1

68Ga-DOTATOC

Bronchial carcinoid

Our study

8

6

2

68Ga-DOTATATE

Bronchial carcinoid-3, ileum carcinoma-1, PNET-2

  1. MTC medullar thyroid carcinoma, PNET pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
  2. *One false positive