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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2019; 18(01): 69-70
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_14_18
Case Report

Primary ovarian carcinoid and dotanoc positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan

Nitin Gupta
0   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Pankaj Dougall
0   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Shruti Mahawar
1   Department of Pathology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Primary ovarian carcinoids are very rare tumors, representing only <1% of all carcinoid tumors and <0.1% of all ovarian neoplasm. Here, we present a case report where DOTANOC positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan helped in diagnosis and management of rare entity.

Keywords

DOTANOC positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan - FDG positron emisson tomography - ovarian carcinoid

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Received: 00 00 2019

Accepted: 00 00 2019

Article published online:
22 April 2022

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