title: Malignant Jugular Paraganglioma: Unusual Presentation on 68Ga DOTANOC PET/CT.
abstract: Metastatic jugular paraganglioma are rare tumors and account for less than 1% of the cases of head and neck tumors. We report a 40-year-old woman of jugular paraganglioma, presenting with right-sided neck swelling, hearing loss, and pulsatile tinnitus. Contrast-enhanced CT temporal bone revealed a mass in the right jugular foramina and extending inferiorly to internal jugular vein. Ga DOTANOC PET/CT was performed, which revealed somatostatin receptor expressing lesion in the right internal jugular vein and extension into sigmoid sinus and additional metastatic focus in the sacrum.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine and PET, and †ENT, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Tarun Kumar
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Rajender Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Basher
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Naresh K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Panda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: C504894:68Ga-DOTANOC; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals