Title

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

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

Socpus ID

84996773791 (Scopus)

Source API URL

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

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