Synchronous presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and abdominal paraganglioma with avid 18F-FDG and 68Ga-DOTA-TOC uptake in PET/CT by both tumours

Nuklearmedizin 2016; 55(04): N34-N35
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616490

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

Synchronous presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and abdominal paraganglioma with avid ¹⁸F-FDG and ⁶⁸Ga-DOTA-TOC uptake in PET/CT by both tumours

Akram Al-Ibraheem

¹Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
Maysa Al-Hussaini

²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
Abedallatif AlSharif

³Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Hazem Abdulelah

⁴Department of Medical Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

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