title: 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT Imaging in Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura.
abstract: Here we describe a 77-year-old man with a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura showing increasing tracer uptake at Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT, demonstrating that solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura may overexpress somatostatin receptors, therefore mimicking neuroendocrine tumors at somatostatin receptor PET/CT.
authors.affiliation: From the *Unit of Thoracic Surgery, †Department of Nuclear Medicine, and ‡Unit of Pathology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; §Unit of Pathology, Azienda USL Valle d'Aosta, Regional Hospital "Parini", Aosta, Italy; ∥Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; and ¶Department of Oncology, Azienda USL-Scandiano Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lococo
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapicetta
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casali
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellafiore
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism; D054363:Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: C499142:Ga(III)-DOTATOC; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D015282:Octreotide