TY - JOUR
T1 - 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in Thyroid Metastases of Lung Carcinoid
AU - Leccisotti, Lucia
AU - Lorusso, Margherita
AU - Giannetta, Elisa
AU - Isidori, Andrea M
AU - Rufini, Vittoria
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a history of lung carcinoid and a recent detection of thyroid nodules by ultrasound. The cytological analysis raised the suspicion of medullary thyroid carcinoma; however, calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen levels were in reference range. Considering the previous diagnosis of lung carcinoid, the patient underwentwhole-body 68Ga-DOTATOCPET/CT. The images showed focal radiopharmaceutical uptake in both thyroid lobes. After thyroidectomy, the histology and immunohistochemistry (negative for calcitonin and positive for\r\nchromogranin A) confirmed the neuroendocrine origin of the thyroid nodules, possibly referable to previous lung carcinoid.
AB - We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a history of lung carcinoid and a recent detection of thyroid nodules by ultrasound. The cytological analysis raised the suspicion of medullary thyroid carcinoma; however, calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen levels were in reference range. Considering the previous diagnosis of lung carcinoid, the patient underwentwhole-body 68Ga-DOTATOCPET/CT. The images showed focal radiopharmaceutical uptake in both thyroid lobes. After thyroidectomy, the histology and immunohistochemistry (negative for calcitonin and positive for\r\nchromogranin A) confirmed the neuroendocrine origin of the thyroid nodules, possibly referable to previous lung carcinoid.
KW - 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT
KW - neuroendocrine tumor
KW - somatostatin receptor
KW - thyroid metastases
KW - 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT
KW - neuroendocrine tumor
KW - somatostatin receptor
KW - thyroid metastases
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002331
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002331
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 2018
SP - e492-e494
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 43(12)
ER -