Primary central nervous system lymphoma and meningioma in DOTATATE PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Dec;38(12):994-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000244.

Abstract

Although meningiomas are among the most frequent intracranial tumors, primary central nervous system lymphoma represents a rare variant of extranodal non-Hodgkin-type lymphoma. Here, we report on a 73-year-old man with 2 suspicious intracerebral lesions. Combined DOTATATE PET/CT identified 1 lesion as meningioma, whereas the second lesion could not be further specified although a different meningioma was felt very unlikely. Open biopsy of this lesion confirmed the diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Octreotide*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Octreotide