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Prevalence of physiological uptake in the pancreas on somatostatin receptor-based PET/CT : a systematic review and a meta-analysis

Boughdad, Sarah ; Meyer, Marie ; Prior, John O. ; Fernandes, Victor ; Allenbach, Gilles ; Kamani, Christel ; Jreige, Mario ; Albano, Domenico ; Bertagna, Francesco ; Nicod-Lalonde, Marie ; Schaefer, Niklaus ; Treglia, Giorgio

In: Clinical and Translational Imaging, 2021, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 353–360

Background: Physiological focal radiopharmaceutical uptake in the head and uncinate process of the pancreas may be seen on somatostatin receptor-based PET/CT and might lead to false-positive results for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). We aimed to perform a systematic review and a meta-analysis about the prevalence of this finding. Methods: We performed a comprehensive computer literature search...