Solitary choroidal metastasis from atypical carcinoid of the lung detected by (68)Ga DOTATATE PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jun;40(6):e319-20. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000660.

Abstract

A 71-year-old woman with a history of surgically treated bronchial atypical carcinoid underwent Ga DOTATATE PET/CT for restaging. Somatostatin receptor PET/CT revealed a focal area of mild radiopharmaceutical uptake corresponding to a thickening of the right choroid. No other areas of abnormal tracer uptake were detected in the rest of the body. Based on these PET/CT findings, the patient underwent examination of fundus oculi, MRI, and fluoroangiography, which confirmed the presence of a choroidal lesion interpreted as solitary choroidal metastasis of neuroendocrine tumor. Subsequently, the patient was referred for brachytherapy with radical intent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
  • Choroid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choroid / pathology
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Eye Neoplasms / secondary
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate