Incidental Acinic Cell Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland Discordant on 123I-MIBG, 111In-Octreotide, and 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient With Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cecum

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Aug;40(8):676-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000716.

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman diagnosed with a metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the cecum was referred for radioisotope therapy. Although her metastatic neuroendocrine tumor was positive on both (123)I-MIBG and (111)In-octreotide, there was a left parotid mass that was octreotide avid but MIBG negative. Further investigation also showed discordance on (18)F-FDG PET/CT and excision of the mass revealed an incidental acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland. Somatostatin analog imaging and PRRT (peptide receptor radionuclide therapy) may have a role in the management of acinic cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Parotid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • indium-111-octreotide
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Octreotide