An Incidental Uptake of 18F-Choline at PET/CT in Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor.

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

We present a case of neuroendocrine tumor localized in the gastric mucosa, incidentally detected by 18F-choline PET/CT in a 69-year-old man with prostate cancer. 18F-choline PET/CT scan showed an increased activity in the stomach, later diagnosed as a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor, at biopsy. A careful attention of reading 18F-choline PET/CT images should be made, in order to avoid the missing of potential concomitant neoplasia in patients with prostate cancer.

• Authors: Laura Evangelista, Gianluca Cassarino, Decio Capobianco, Michele Povolato, Serena Battista, Marco Rensi
• Journal: Clinical nuclear medicine (Clin Nucl Med) Vol. 46 Issue 4 Pg. e238-e239 (Apr 01 2021) ISSN: 1536-0229 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 33031248 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• fluorocholine
• Choline

Topics

• Aged
• Biological Transport
• Choline (analogs & derivatives, metabolism)
• Humans
• Incidental Findings
• Intestinal Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
• Male
• Neuroendocrine Tumors (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
• Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
• Stomach Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)