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Table 3 All lesions suspicious for metastases on SSTR PET/CT that were pathologically examined were confirmed as metastases of bronchial NETs

From: Value of [68Ga]Ga-somatostatin receptor PET/CT in the grading of pulmonary neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumours and the detection of disseminated disease: single-centre pathology-based analysis and review of the literature

Patient case

Pathology

Localization metastasis

SUVmax SSTR PET/CT

SUVmax [18F]FDG PET/CT

1

TC

Supraclavicular node

3.49

2

TC

Breast

4.50

1.80

3

TC

Sternum

5.63

4

TC

Subcutaneous nodule

7.28

2

TC

Paravertebral node

9.97

2.50

5

TC

Liver

29.6

6

TC

Liver

31.5

7

TC

Liver

36.6

5.68

2

TC

Liver

49.3

3.10

8

Carcinoid NOS

Parotid gland

34.8

2.13

9

AC

Rib 10

4.55

10

AC

Liver

10.3

4.44