Concurrent Metastatic Pheochromocytomas and Lung Adenocarcinoma on 18F-FDG and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT Images

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Sep;44(9):754-756. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002588.

Abstract

Both F-FDG and Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT are used in the evaluation of pheochromocytomas. We reported F-FDG and Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT findings in a 60-year-old man who had recurrent metastatic pheochromocytoma coexisting with lung adenocarcinoma. The metastatic pheochromocytoma showed increased activity on both F-FDG and Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT, whereas the lung adenocarcinoma lesion showed no obvious DOTATATE activity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / pathology
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pheochromocytoma / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate