Tumor Heterogeneity Detected by 68Ga DOTATOC and 18F-FDG PET/CTs in One Malignant Insulinoma With Involvement of the Portal Splenic Confluence and Ovarian Metastases

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Nov;41(11):874-876. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001360.

Abstract

A 67-year-old woman was referred for staging of an insulinoma. CT has shown a pancreatic tumor, a portal thrombus, and an ovarian mass presumed not to be related with the insulinoma. These three lesions were highly positive on Ga DOTATOC PET/CT, leading to the hypothesis of a malignant insulinoma with neoplastic vein thrombus and ovarian metastasis, which was subsequently confirmed histologically. Despite severe hypoglycemia preventing fasting, F-FDG PET/CT was informative, showing significant uptake by the thrombus, which corresponded to the most aggressive lesion (Ki67 of 3.5% for the primary pancreatic tumor and 19.6% for the thrombus).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Insulinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Insulinoma / pathology
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / secondary
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Portal Vein / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Spleen / diagnostic imaging
  • Spleen / pathology

Substances

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