Combined 68Ga-DOTATOC and 18F-FDG PET Predicts a Double Component With Different Grade of a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in a Patient With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jun;45(6):e281-e282. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003020.

Abstract

Managing decisions of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) can be challenging because of different clinical presentations and prognosis. A 31-year-old woman with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, including a suspicious pNET, was assessed with Ga-DOTATOC and F-FDG PET. A high Ga-DOTATOC uptake was visualized in the entire pNET, whereas a high F-FDG PET uptake was present only in the upper part of the tumor. After surgery, pathology confirmed the pNET with a double component: an upper grade 2 with a Ki67 of 11% with the high F-FDG PET uptake, and a lower grade 1 with a Ki67 of 2%. Combined Ga-DOTATOC/F-FDG PET predicts the grade in heterogeneous pNETs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / diagnostic imaging*
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / pathology
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Ga(III)-DOTATOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Octreotide