Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor incidentally detected by (18)F-CH PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Apr;38(4):e196-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318266cbf1.

Abstract

We report the case of a pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor (NET) incidentally detected by F-CH PET/CT performed during restaging in a 68-year-old patient affected by prostate cancer. To clarify the nature of the pulmonary lesion, the patient underwent a CT-guided biopsy which revealed the presence of a pulmonary NET. A subsequent Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT demonstrated the somatostatin receptor expression in the pulmonary lesion. The patient underwent a right lung lobectomy; at pathology, a well-differentiated NET was confirmed. Our case highlights that pulmonary NETs should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary lesions showing uptake of radiolabeled choline.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • fluorocholine
  • Choline