68Ga-DOTATATE Uptake in Solitary Pancreatic Metastasis From Clear Cell Renal Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Sep;42(9):700-701. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001765.

Abstract

A 64-year-old man with a lesion of the pancreatic tail was referred for Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging. His medical history included previous metastatic clear cell renal cell cancer. Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT demonstrated increased DOTATATE uptake (SUVmax 10.5) in a pancreatic tail lesion. Histopathology of the resected lesion confirmed clear renal cell cancer metastasis. This case illustrates that clear cell renal cancer metastasis can demonstrate Ga-DOTATATE accumulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organometallic Compounds / metabolism*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate