Title

Epididymal Cystadenomas In Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Showing Increased Activity On 68Ga Dotatate Pet/Ct

Keywords

68 Ga DOTATATE PET/CT; Cystadenomas; Epididymal; Somatostatin receptors imaging; Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease

Abstract

von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a familial cancer syndrome characterized by the development of a variety of malignant and benign tumors, including epididymal cystadenomas. We report a case of a VHL patient with bilateral epididymal cystadenomas who was evaluated with 68Ga DOTATATE PET/CT, showing intensely increased activity (SUVmax, 21.6) associated with the epididymal cystadenomas, indicating cell-surface overexpression of somatostatin receptors. The presented case supports the usefulness of somatostatin receptor imaging using 68Ga DOTA-conjugated peptides for detection and follow-up of VHL manifestations, as well as surveillance of asymptomatic gene carriers.

Publication Date

7-23-2016

Publication Title

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volume

41

Issue

10

Number of Pages

781-782

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000001314

Socpus ID

84979656445 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84979656445

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