TY - JOUR
T1 - 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in Thyroid Metastases of Lung Carcinoid.
AU - Leccisotti, Lucia
AU - Lorusso, M
AU - Giannetta, E
AU - AM, Isidori
AU - Rufini, Vittoria
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a history of lung\r\ncarcinoid and a recent detection of thyroid nodules by ultrasound. The cytological\r\nanalysis raised the suspicion of medullary thyroid carcinoma; however,\r\ncalcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen levels were in reference\r\nrange. Considering the previous diagnosis of lung carcinoid, the patient\r\nunderwentwhole-body 68Ga-DOTATOCPET/CT. The images showed focal\r\nradiopharmaceutical uptake in both thyroid lobes. After thyroidectomy, the\r\nhistology and immunohistochemistry (negative for calcitonin and positive for\r\nchromogranin A) confirmed the neuroendocrine origin of the thyroid nodules,\r\npossibly referable to previous lung carcinoid.
AB - We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a history of lung\r\ncarcinoid and a recent detection of thyroid nodules by ultrasound. The cytological\r\nanalysis raised the suspicion of medullary thyroid carcinoma; however,\r\ncalcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen levels were in reference\r\nrange. Considering the previous diagnosis of lung carcinoid, the patient\r\nunderwentwhole-body 68Ga-DOTATOCPET/CT. The images showed focal\r\nradiopharmaceutical uptake in both thyroid lobes. After thyroidectomy, the\r\nhistology and immunohistochemistry (negative for calcitonin and positive for\r\nchromogranin A) confirmed the neuroendocrine origin of the thyroid nodules,\r\npossibly referable to previous lung carcinoid.
KW - 68Ga-DOTATOC
KW - PET/CT
KW - neuroendocrine tumor
KW - somatostatin receptor
KW - thyroid metastases
KW - 68Ga-DOTATOC
KW - PET/CT
KW - neuroendocrine tumor
KW - somatostatin receptor
KW - thyroid metastases
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/153421
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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
ER -