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Unusual Variant of Breast Cancer Presenting With Pituitary Symptoms Detected on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT

Authors :
Dev, Indraja D.
Puranik, Ameya D.
Rangarajan, Venkatesh
Purandare, Nilendu C.
Agrawal, Archi
Shah, Sneha
Sahay, Ayushi
Source :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine; November 2021, Vol. 46 Issue: 11 pe556-e558, 3p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Carcinoma of breast with neuroendocrine differentiation is an extremely rare entity, especially in male population. Although the “garden variety” of male breast cancers is often metastatic at presentation, with an aggressive course, there is hardly any literature about neuroendocrine variants. We report a case of a 57-year-old man who had pituitary symptoms, which on 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT imaging turned out to be a metastatic lesion, with somatostatin expressing primary in breast and other sites, with histopathological confirmation of neuroendocrine differentiation in breast cancer.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03639762 and 15360229
Volume :
46
Issue :
11
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs58848772
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000003768