Added-value of molecular imaging in myocardial metastasis of an ileal neuroendocrine tumour treated with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) conform a rare type of neoplasm, mostly located in the gastrointestinal tract. They are slow-growing tumours, so at the time of the diagnosis, most patients present with metastatic lesions, mainly in the liver. The myocardium is a rare and important organ for metastasis, in which ⁶⁸Ga-Dotatate positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) shows a high diagnostic sensitivity for its detection, contrary to carcinoid valve disease, where anatomic imaging plays a key role, especially the echocardiogram.

Case summary

A 60-year-old man diagnosed with metastatic progressive ileal NET, who underwent a ⁶⁸Ga-Dotatate PET/CT prior ¹⁷⁷Lu-Dotatate therapy, showed a metastatic lesion in the left ventricle

SUBMITTER: Mallon Araujo MDC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954244 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature