Unusual widespread metastatic subcutaneous lesions in a patient with ileal carcinoid evidenced by 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Apr;39(4):391-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000377.

Abstract

68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT has been widely validated in diagnosis and follow-up of carcinoid. A 47-year-old woman with ileal carcinoid underwent a 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT for restaging purposes. Images showed extensive liver involvement and also a widespread metastatic subcutaneous metastases in the right chest wall and in the right laterocervical region. The presence of multiple soft-tissue metastases, as described in our case and imaged with 68Ga-DOTATOC, represents a very rare clinical entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Skin*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Ga(III)-DOTATOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Octreotide