Management of Primary Lymph Nodal Gastrinoma With Liver Metastases Resulting in Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jan;44(1):e36-e39. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002368.

Abstract

Primary lymph node gastrinoma has been defined as gastrin-producing tumor present in lymph nodes and predominantly found in well-defined anatomical region known as gastrinoma triangle. They are usually localized preoperatively with imaging, and their surgical resection results in long-term relief. The authors report a case of unresectable primary lymph nodal gastrinoma with liver metastases in a 14-year-old adolescent boy with proven histopathology detected on Ga-DOTANOC whole-body PET/CT scan followed by preoperative multiple Lu-DOTATATE cycles for cytoreduction. Subsequent surgical resection of residual mass resulted in complete response with a follow-up of around 4 years in this unusual case of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Gastrinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastrinoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • 68Ga-DOTANOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals