title: Unusual widespread metastatic subcutaneous lesions in a patient with ileal carcinoid evidenced by 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT.
abstract: 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT has been widely validated in diagnosis and follow-up of carcinoid. A 47-year-old woman with ileal carcinoid underwent a 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT for restaging purposes. Images showed extensive liver involvement and also a widespread metastatic subcutaneous metastases in the right chest wall and in the right laterocervical region. The presence of multiple soft-tissue metastases, as described in our case and imaged with 68Ga-DOTATOC, represents a very rare clinical entity.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia; and †Nuclear Medicine Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caobelli
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzocaro
authors.forename: Natale
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Quartuccio
authors.forename: Ugo Paolo
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012867:Skin; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: C499142:Ga(III)-DOTATOC; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015282:Octreotide