Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma Revealed on 68 Ga-DOTATATE in a Patient With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Sep 1;48(9):833-835. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004774. Epub 2023 Jul 22.

Abstract

A 56-year-old man underwent a prospective study (ChiCTR2300070081), which is a head-to-head comparison of 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/MR in EB-positive nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemotherapy. Bilateral cervical abnormal lymph nodes were both detected by 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/MRI, whereas 2 hepatic lesions only were shown on 68 Ga-DOTATATE, which subsequent pathologically proved to be primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prospective Studies

Substances

  • copper dotatate CU-64
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Organometallic Compounds