Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor incidentally detected by (18)F-CH PET/CT.

Giorgio Treglia; Filippo Lococo; Gianluigi Petrone; Frediano Inzani; Germano Perotti; Venanzio Porziella; Pierluigi Granone; Guido Rindi; Alessandro Giordano; Vittoria Rufini

Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor incidentally detected by (18)F-CH PET/CT.

Giorgio Treglia, Filippo Lococo, Gianluigi Petrone, Frediano Inzani, Germano Perotti, Venanzio Porziella, Pierluigi Granone, Guido Rindi, Alessandro Giordano, Vittoria Rufini

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Abstract

We report the case of a pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor (NET) incidentally detected by F-CH PET/CT performed during restaging in a 68-year-old patient affected by prostate cancer. To clarify the nature of the pulmonary lesion, the patient underwent a CT-guided biopsy which revealed the presence of a pulmonary NET. A subsequent Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT demonstrated the somatostatin receptor expression in the pulmonary lesion. The patient underwent a right lung lobectomy; at pathology, a well-differentiated NET was confirmed. Our case highlights that pulmonary NETs should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary lesions showing uptake of radiolabeled choline.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	38
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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