Pulmonary Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Mimicking Carcinoid Lung on 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT

Jasim Jaleel; Nishikant Avinash Damle; Aditi Khurana; Mohit Joshi; Deepali Jain

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000005107

Pulmonary Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Mimicking Carcinoid Lung on 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Apr 1;49(4):e168-e169. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005107. Epub 2024 Feb 1.

Authors

Jasim Jaleel¹, Nishikant Avinash Damle¹, Aditi Khurana¹, Mohit Joshi², Deepali Jain³

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine.
² Surgical Disciplines.
³ Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 38350069
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005107

Abstract

Pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma (PMEC) is a rare pulmonary neoplasm. Although 18 F-FDG PET/CT has been shown to present with increased metabolic activity in PMEC, literature does not report increased somatostatin receptor expression in these tumors. We present the case of a 15-year-old boy where PMEC mimicked a typical carcinoid of the lung on DOTANOC PET/CT by showing significant uptake on 68 Ga-DOTANOC.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Carcinoid Tumor*
Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid* / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / metabolism
Humans
Lung / metabolism
Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
Male
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18