68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT Differentiates Meningioma From Dural Metastases

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 May;44(5):412-413. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002513.

Abstract

A 77-year-old woman with history of breast cancer presented with 2 unclear dural contrast-enhancing lesions on MRI; differential diagnoses were breast cancer metastases and meningiomas. On Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT, the temporal lesion showed high uptake and was classified as meningioma, whereas the lesion at the falx showed barely any Ga-DOTATOC uptake uncharacteristic for meningioma and suggestive for a brain metastasis. After resection, histological specimens from the temporal lesion showed meningioma tissue with distinct SSTR2A expression, whereas the falx lesion revealed a breast cancer metastasis without significant SSTR2A expression. Therefore, Ga-DOTATOC PET represents a powerful imaging modality for the evaluation of unclear dural lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

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