Breast Cancer Metastasis Mimicking Meningioma in 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Nov 1;46(11):922-923. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003770.

Abstract

68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT is a reliable imaging modality in the diagnosis and therapy planning of symptomatic meningiomas. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman where a supposed SSTR-positive sphenoid wing meningioma turned out to be a breast cancer metastasis. Our case shows that dural metastases from breast cancer might represent a clinical pitfall in 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Positron-Emission Tomography

Substances

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