Solitary Pulmonary Perivascular Epithelial Cell Tumor Mimicking Pulmonary Metastasis on 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in a Patient With Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor

Abstract

We report the findings of 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in a 56-year-old woman with solitary pulmonary perivascular epithelioid cell tumor. 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT showed a lesion with intense uptake in the region of pancreatic head and a solitary nodule with moderate uptake in the left lung. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with pulmonary metastasis was considered. The postoperative pathological results showed a benign perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the lung. This case emphasizes the need to increase awareness of benign perivascular epithelioid cell tumors in the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodule with moderate DOTATATE activity.