Testicular Metastasis of Jejunal Neuroendocrine Tumor on 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT

Neuroendocrine tumors are slow-growing tumors originating from neuroendocrine cells and capable of metastasis. Most of them are found in the gastrointestinal tract; however, they can also be rarely seen in other organs. Testicular neuroendocrine tumors account for less than 1% of all testicular neop...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy 2023-06, Vol.32 (2), p.156
Hauptverfasser: Şahin, Ömer Faruk, Erol Fenercioğlu, Özge, Beyhan, Ediz, Çermik, Tevfik Fikret, Ergül, Nurhan
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Zusammenfassung:Neuroendocrine tumors are slow-growing tumors originating from neuroendocrine cells and capable of metastasis. Most of them are found in the gastrointestinal tract; however, they can also be rarely seen in other organs. Testicular neuroendocrine tumors account for less than 1% of all testicular neoplasms. They may present as primary testicular or secondary tumors from extratesticular sources. Jejunal neuroendocrine tumor metastasis to the testis is extremely rare. We present the case of a 61-year-old man with a jejunal neuroendocrine tumor and metastases to bilateral testicles revealed on Gallium-68-DOTATATE positron emission tomography/computed tomography.
ISSN:2146-1414
DOI:10.4274/mirt.galenos.2022.06926