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Table 4 Pooled prevalence and diagnosis of cranial SSTR PET incidentalomas

From: Prevalence and significance of incidental findings on 68 Ga-DOTA-conjugated somatostatin receptor-targeting peptide PET/CT: a systematic review of the literature

Cranial

Total 26

Type of malignancy

Malignant

5

4 Paraganglioma (metastastatic)a

1 Cerebellar medulloblastoma

Meningioma

12

 

Pituitary adenoma

2

 

Physiological

5

 

Unknown etiology

1b

 

Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma

1

 
  1. a Described as malignant metastases by the author of the article
  2. b Focal uptake in right frontal lobe without correlating lesion on non-contrast MRI