Retro-orbital, Breast, Cardiac, Skin, and Subcutaneous Metastases of Neuroendocrine Tumor From a Tail Gut Cyst on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT Imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 May;42(5):364-367. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001551.

Abstract

Tail gut cysts are rare congenital lesions developing from postanal primitive gut remnants. They are mostly benign but carry a potential of malignant transformation, such as adenocarcinoma, neuroendocrine tumor, adenosquamous carcinoma, and pseudomyxoma peritonei. We present a 39-year-old woman with a neuroendocrine tumor arising within a tail gut cyst. She underwent complete resection in 2011. After 4 years, she was admitted with breast nodules, left proptosis, and gaze difficulties. Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT demonstrated extensive metastases including pelvic, lymph node, adrenal gland, bone, retro-orbital, cardiac, breast, skin, and subcutaneous metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / secondary
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary
  • Humans
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / secondary
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • gallium Ga 68 dotatate