18F-DOPA PET/CT in Orbital Metastasis From Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jun;41(6):e296-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001216.

Abstract

A 53-year-old-woman is being followed up for a sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma that was initially treated surgically. Nine years later, a progressive increase in calcitonin levels along with headaches was observed. An orbital metastasis from medullary thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed by performing an F-DOPA PET/CT. The orbital lesion was treated by an external beam radiation. Four months later, an MRI revealed a global morphological stability and a reduction in calcitonin levels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcitonin / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine*
  • Female
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes*
  • Humans
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Orbital Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Calcitonin

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, medullary