Primary Neuroendocrine Neoplasia of the Liver

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 May 1;46(5):409-410. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003530.

Abstract

The presence of primary neuroendocrine tumors in the liver is still a matter of controversy. We present a case of a somatostatin-receptor-positive mass of the liver in the 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT. No other primary tumor was found after conventional imaging, endoscopically, and after liver-segment resection. Immunohistochemically, a constellation of findings was found to be compatible with a primary neuroendocrine neoplasm of the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

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