Intracavernous Schwannoma Characterized With 18F-FDG, 68Ga-DOTATOC, and 18F-Choline PET

Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Feb 1;47(2):e165-e166. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003929.

Abstract

We report the case of a 75-year-old man with history of prostate cancer whose left intracavernous lesion was successfully characterized by 3 PETs performed successively with different tracers. This poorly characterized tumor was initially discovered on an MRI conducted to investigate an acute diplopia and slowly growing during follow-up. On 18F-FDG PET, the lesion showed no significant uptake, and no extracranial lesion was found nor did it have increased 68Ga-DOTATOC uptake. Finally, this tumor displayed a high 18F-choline uptake, and no extracranial lesion was revealed with this tracer. The diagnosis of schwannoma without malignancy criterion was proven by biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neurilemmoma*
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Substances

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