title: Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Thyroid Gland and Pancreas Showing Uptake on 68Ga DOTATATE PET/CT Scan.
abstract: Ga DOTATATE PET/CT is an imaging technique used in the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors. We report a case of 66-year-old woman with a history of surgically removed renal cell carcinoma who presented for a DOTATATE PET/CT scan to characterize a newly diagnosed pancreatic lesion. DOTATATE-avid lesions were identified in the thyroid gland and pancreas. Subsequent biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma at both sites. It is important to be aware that tumors other than neuroendocrine tumors may also show uptake on DOTATATE PET/CT scan. A biopsy may be required if lesions are identified at atypical sites.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital; †Department of Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital; and ‡Department of Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Gowri L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kanthan
authors.forename: Geoffrey Paul
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Schembri
authors.forename: Jaswinder
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Samra
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roach
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001692:Biological Transport; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C513399:gallium Ga 68 dotatate