Elevated 68Ga-DOTATATE Activity in Fibrous Cortical Defect

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 May;45(5):417-419. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002984.

Abstract

FDG PET/CT was performed for staging in a 15-year-old adolescent girl with cholangiocarcinoma, which showed only mild activity in the tumor but more impressive FDG activity in right femoral fibrous cortical defect without any other hypermetabolic lesions elsewhere. Pathological examination of the resected cholangiocarcinoma revealed significant neuroendocrine differentiation, which lead to subsequent Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT study. Unexpectedly, the same femoral fibrous cortical defect also had increased Ga-DOTATATE activity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / pathology
  • Female
  • Femur / diagnostic imaging
  • Femur / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate