Combination of (18)-FDG and (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT to differentiate endobronchial carcinoids and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors

J Postgrad Med. 2009 Oct-Dec;55(4):272-4. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.58932.

Abstract

Bronchial masses in young patients are a diagnostic challenge as the signs and symptoms are overlapping. Conventional radiological investigations reveal a mass but are not diagnostic and biopsy remains the only means of preoperative diagnosis. Functional imaging is now emerging as an important tool in the evaluation of these patients and may have a potential to suggest a possible diagnosis. A combination of (18) F-FDG PET-CT and (68) Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT scan is one such example, which revealed contrasting findings in two patients that are being presented here.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / diagnosis
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Pneumonectomy / methods
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Octreotide
  • Edotreotide