68Ga-DOTA-TOC PET/CT of von Hippel-Lindau Disease

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Feb;44(2):125-126. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002395.

Abstract

We present a rare case of a 42-year-old man with a long history of von Hippel-Lindau disease that was scanned with Ga-DOTA-TOC PET/CT for suspicion of disease relapse. Ga-DOTA-TOC imaging demonstrated increased DOTA-TOC uptake in pancreas tail and intramedullary and extramedullary spinal hemangioblastomas, only some of which have already been highlighted at MRI examination. This case illustrates the significant role the Ga-labeled somatostatin receptor analogs PET/CT in the management of the von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Receptors, Somatostatin / metabolism
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / metabolism
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / pathology
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / therapy

Substances

  • Ga(III)-DOTATOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Receptors, Somatostatin
  • Octreotide