title: Solitary choroidal metastasis from atypical carcinoid of the lung detected by (68)Ga DOTATATE PET/CT.
abstract: A 71-year-old woman with a history of surgically treated bronchial atypical carcinoid underwent Ga DOTATATE PET/CT for restaging. Somatostatin receptor PET/CT revealed a focal area of mild radiopharmaceutical uptake corresponding to a thickening of the right choroid. No other areas of abnormal tracer uptake were detected in the rest of the body. Based on these PET/CT findings, the patient underwent examination of fundus oculi, MRI, and fluoroangiography, which confirmed the presence of a choroidal lesion interpreted as solitary choroidal metastasis of neuroendocrine tumor. Subsequently, the patient was referred for brachytherapy with radical intent.
authors.affiliation: From the *Unit of Thoracic Surgery, †Unit of Pulmonology, and ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy; §Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; and ∥Unit of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapicetta
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Falco
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roncali
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carbonelli
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paci
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marchi
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lococo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002829:Choroid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C513399:gallium Ga 68 dotatate