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68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in Focal Fatty Sparing of the Liver
- Source :
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine; 20240101, Issue: Preprints
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- 68Ga-DOTATATE imaging is commonly used for the detection of metastatic disease in neuroendocrine tumors. We present a case of a 69-year-old woman postsurgery for lung carcinoid tumor in which sequential follow-up 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT studies identified focal hepatic uptake that was presumed to represent a liver metastasis. However, correlative imaging with MRI revealed a focal fatty sparing of the liver composed of benign hepatic parenchyma at that area accompanied with diffuse liver steatosis in the background of the “pseudolesion.” This report demonstrates a potential “false-positive” hepatic finding that can strikingly mimic a metastasis in neuroendocrine tumor imaging.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03639762 and 15360229
- Issue :
- Preprints
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs50943897
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000002746