Breast Fibroadenoma With Increased Activity On ⁶⁸Ga Dotatate Pet/Ct

Creator

Georgios Z. Papadakis, NIH Clinical Center (CC)
Corina Millo, Clinical Center
Samira M. Sadowski, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Apostolos H. Karantanas, University of Crete
Ulas Bagci, University of Central Florida

Keywords

68 Ga DOTATATE PET/CT; benign tumor; breast fibroadenoma; somatostatin receptors

Abstract

Fibroadenoma is the most common benign breast tumor in women of reproductive age, carrying little to no risk of breast cancer development. We report on a case of a woman with history of neuroendocrine tumor who on follow-up imaging tests underwent whole-body PET/CT study using 68Ga DOTATATE. The scan showed increased focal activity in the right breast, which was biopsied revealing a fibroadenoma. The presented data suggests cell surface overexpression of somatostatin receptors by this benign breast tumor. Moreover, this finding emphasizes the need for cautious interpretation of 68Ga DOTATATE-avid breast lesions that could mimic malignancy in neuroendocrine tumor patients.

Publication Date

2-1-2017

Publication Title

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volume

42

Issue

2

Number of Pages

145-146

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000001463

Copyright Status

Unknown

Socpus ID

84996773791 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84996773791

STARS Citation

Papadakis, Georgios Z.; Millo, Corina; Sadowski, Samira M.; Karantanas, Apostolos H.; and Bagci, Ulas, "Breast Fibroadenoma With Increased Activity On ⁶⁸Ga Dotatate Pet/Ct" (2017). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 5266.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/5266