Sacral Insufficiency Fracture on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Oct 1;46(10):e490-e491. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003567.

Abstract

68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT is an important tool for imaging neuroendocrine tumors, including skeletal metastases. However, false-positive results can occur in inflammatory pathologies such as sacral insufficiency fracture. We report the case of a 47-year-old man who was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas. 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT showed 68Ga-DOTATATE uptake at the right side of the sacrum. Afterward, MRI made the diagnosis of sacral insufficiency fracture.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fractures, Stress* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Sacrum / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate