title: A comparison of the performance of ⁶⁸Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and ¹²³I-MIBG SPECT in the diagnosis and follow-up of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the sensitivity of (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) SPECT and (68)Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in detecting phaeochromocytomas (PCC) and paragangliomas (PGL) in the initial diagnosis and follow-up of patients with PCC and PGL disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of 15 patients with PCC/PGL who had contemporaneous (123)I-MIBG and (68)Ga-DOTATATE imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 15 patients in the series, 8 were concordant with both modalities picking up clinically significant lesions. There were no patients in whom both modalities failed to pick up clinically significant lesions. There was discordance in seven patients: 5 had positive (68)Ga-DOTATATE and negative (123)I-MIBG, and 2 (12 and 14) had negative (68)Ga-DOTATATE and positive (123)I-MIBG. Utilizing (123)I-MIBG as the gold standard, (68)Ga-DOTATATE had a sensitivity of 80 % and a positive predictive value of 62 %. The greatest discordance was in head and neck lesions, with the lesions in 4 patients being picked up by (68)Ga-DOTATATE and missed by (123)I-MIBG. On a per-lesion analysis, cross-sectional (CT and MRI) and (68)Ga-DOTATATE was superior to (123)I-MIBG in detecting lesions in all anatomical locations, and particularly bony lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  First, (68)Ga-DOTATATE should be considered as a first-line investigation in patients at high risk of PGL and metastatic disease, such as in the screening of carriers for mutations associated with familial PGL syndromes. Second, if (123)I-MIBG does not detect lesions in patients with a high pretest probability of PCC or PGL, (68)Ga-DOTATATE should be considered as the next investigation. Third, (68)Ga-DOTATATE hould be considered in preference to (123)I-MIBG in patients in whom metastatic spread, particularly to the bone, is suspected.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Centre for Endocrinology, Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St Mary's Hospitals, 6th Floor, Commonwealth Building, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK. jamesmaurice@nhs.net
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Maurice
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Troke
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Win
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Nahhas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naji
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dhillo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meeran
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Goldstone
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Todd
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palazzo
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; C513399:gallium Ga 68 dotatate