Metastatic melanoma to the thyroid gland expressing somatostatin receptors-imaging with 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Feb;40(2):175-6. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000636.

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is an aggressive tumor with poor prognosis that can have widespread metastases at presentation. Melanoma is known to undergo neuroendocrine differentiation. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman with malignant melanoma showing a metastatic lesion in the thyroid expressing somatostatin receptors as evident by Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT and metabolically active widespread subcutaneous metastases on F-FDG PET/CT imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • 68Ga-DOTANOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals