Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor incidentally detected by (18)F-CH PET/CT.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_EEDF4D6DFD54
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor incidentally detected by (18)F-CH PET/CT.
Journal
Clinical nuclear medicine
Author(s)
Treglia G., Lococo F., Petrone G., Inzani F., Perotti G., Porziella V., Granone P., Rindi G., Giordano A., Rufini V.
ISSN
1536-0229 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0363-9762
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
38
Number
4
Pages
e196-9
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We report the case of a pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor (NET) incidentally detected by F-CH PET/CT performed during restaging in a 68-year-old patient affected by prostate cancer. To clarify the nature of the pulmonary lesion, the patient underwent a CT-guided biopsy which revealed the presence of a pulmonary NET. A subsequent Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT demonstrated the somatostatin receptor expression in the pulmonary lesion. The patient underwent a right lung lobectomy; at pathology, a well-differentiated NET was confirmed. Our case highlights that pulmonary NETs should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary lesions showing uptake of radiolabeled choline.

Keywords
Aged, Choline/analogs & derivatives, Humans, Incidental Findings, Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Lung Neoplasms/pathology, Male, Multimodal Imaging, Neuroendocrine Tumors/diagnostic imaging, Neuroendocrine Tumors/pathology, Positron-Emission Tomography, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Web of science
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