Distinct Imaging Characteristics of Different Metastases From Primary Prostate Adenocarcinoma and Rectal Carcinoid Tumor on 18F-Fluciclovine and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jan;44(1):83-84. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002358.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man with history of prostate cancer is evaluated for rising prostate-specific antigen. The patient also has a history of rectal well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor. On F-fluciclovine PET/CT, 2 retroperitoneal lymph nodes exhibited intense fluciclovine avidity, whereas one enlarged perirectal lymph node only showed background uptake. On further Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT, the perirectal lymph node revealed intense DOTATATE avidity, whereas the 2 retroperitoneal lymph nodes only with similar to background DOTATATE avidity. Biopsy of the perirectal lymph node confirmed metastasis from neuroendocrine tumor. The distinct imaging characteristics of metastases from different primary malignancies correlated with their underlying different pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Aged
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
  • Cyclobutanes
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Rectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Cyclobutanes
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • fluciclovine F-18
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate

Supplementary concepts

  • Carcinoid Tumors, Intestinal