title: Primary renal carcinoid tumor with liver metastases detected with somatostatin receptor imaging.
abstract: If the final pathologic examination reveals a carcinoid tumor of the kidney, additional evaluation to rule out another occult primary tumor site is necessary. If the primary origin of the tumor is confirmed to be from the kidney, additional evaluation is required for the detection of metastasis. Renal carcinoid tumors are extremely rare; however, both primary and metastatic renal carcinoid tumors have been reported. We report a case of a 40-year-old woman with primary carcinoid of the kidney and metastatic disease in the liver not evident by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging but identified by somatostatin receptor scintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-8915, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mufarrij
authors.forename: Ioannis M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Varkarakis
authors.forename: Kimberley D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Studeman
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jarrett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin; C081788:pentetreotide