Failure of functional imaging with gallium-68-DOTA-D-Phe1-Tyr3-octreotide positron emission tomography to localize the site of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion: a case report

Table 2 Reported sensitivity of current imaging modalities for localizing the site of ectopic ACTH secretion

Imaging Modalities	Sensitivity	Specificity
CT and MRI [7]	53 -74%	n/a
111-indium pentetreotide SRS [1]	33-88%	n/a
18-FDG PET scanning [8]	35-66%	n/a
Gallium 68-DOTATOC PET scanning [2]	82%	n/a

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