TY - JOUR
T1 - A rare case of synchronous bilateral pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor detected by 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT
AU - Taralli, Silvia
AU - Treglia, Giorgio
AU - Perotti, Germano
AU - Graziano, Paolo
AU - Cardillo, Giuseppe
AU - Castaldi, Paola
AU - Calcagni, Maria Lucia
AU - Rufini, Vittoria
AU - Giordano, Alessandro
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A 64-year-old man was referred to our center for metabolic characterization of 2 bilateral pulmonary lesions, incidentally detected at computed tomography (CT). 18F-FDG PET/CT scan showed a weak radiopharmaceutical uptake in both pulmonary lesions. A subsequent 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT showed intense radiopharmaceutical uptake in both pulmonary lesions. Subsequently, the patient underwent histopathological examinations of both lesions, which showed a synchronous well-differentiated pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (typical carcinoid tumor). This case reports a rare occurrence of synchronous pulmonary carcinoid, highlighting the role of different PET tracers for metabolic characterization of pulmonary nodules
AB - A 64-year-old man was referred to our center for metabolic characterization of 2 bilateral pulmonary lesions, incidentally detected at computed tomography (CT). 18F-FDG PET/CT scan showed a weak radiopharmaceutical uptake in both pulmonary lesions. A subsequent 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT showed intense radiopharmaceutical uptake in both pulmonary lesions. Subsequently, the patient underwent histopathological examinations of both lesions, which showed a synchronous well-differentiated pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (typical carcinoid tumor). This case reports a rare occurrence of synchronous pulmonary carcinoid, highlighting the role of different PET tracers for metabolic characterization of pulmonary nodules
KW - INGLESE
KW - INGLESE
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/5524
U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182444252
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182444252
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 37
SP - e91-e91-4
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
ER -