Pineal Gland Metastasis From Gastric Carcinoid-A Rare Manifestation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pineal region metastases are very rare, occurring in 0.4% to 3.8% of patients with solid tumors and most frequently arise from a lung cancer primary tumor. We present a case of a 67-year-old man with a gastric well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (NET) metastatic to the pineal gland identified on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging followed by MRI confirmation. To our knowledge, this is the third NET case to be reported in the literature with such presentation and first case to be described on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT. A case of metastatic bronchial NET as well as a case of metastatic esophageal NET to the pineal gland were reported previously.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoid Tumor
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Organometallic Compounds
- Pineal Gland