FDG PET/CT Findings of Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Feb;45(2):151-153. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002887.

Abstract

A 72-year-old woman had undergone a right mastectomy for breast cancer 3 years earlier. PET/CT revealed a tumor with bony destruction of the skull base and FDG accumulation (SUVmax, 7.86). MRI showed the well-circumscribed tumor in the sphenoid sinus. The possibility of bone metastasis could not be denied. Tumor removal surgery was performed; the tumor was separate from the normal pituitary gland, and an ACTH-producing ectopic pituitary adenoma was diagnosed pathologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Skull Base / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18