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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov;45(11):900-901.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003256.

Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumor With Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombosis Diagnosed With 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT

Sarai Morón  1 , Carlos Cortés, Monica Naranjo, Carlos Granados, Julián Rojas
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Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumor With Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombosis Diagnosed With 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT

Sarai Morón et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man with a history of back pain, urinary obstruction, and deep vein thrombosis of both lower extremities 4 years earlier was diagnosed with rectal neuroendocrine tumor, grade 2, Ki-67 index 3%. Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT images showed a left pelvic mass extended to the lumen of the inferior vena cava with a high affinity for somatostatin receptor. A tubular focus of radiotracer accumulation after the course of inferior vena cava with filling defect was suggestive of tumor thrombus.

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