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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec;45(12):1003-1004.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003325.

Humongous Seminal Vesicles on 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT: A Rare Presentation of a Neuroendocrine Tumor

Romee A Hendriks  1 , Stefan P Hoogendoorn  1 , Willemijn A M van Gemert  1 , Suzanne E J Kaal  2 , Anne I J Arens  1
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Case Reports

Humongous Seminal Vesicles on 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT: A Rare Presentation of a Neuroendocrine Tumor

Romee A Hendriks et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

A 24-year-old man presented with decreased appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain, and acute renal insufficiency. Ultrasound showed bilateral hydronephrosis. CT of the abdomen revealed enlarged seminal vesicles causing bilateral hydronephrosis, mesenteric and peritoneal metastases, liver lesions, and enlarged lymph nodes in the retroperitoneum. A biopsy from a peritoneal lesion demonstrated metastasis of a neuroendocrine tumor grade 2. A Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT scan was performed, which showed enhanced uptake in all lesions including the enlarged seminal vesicles. This case illustrates the very rare presentation of involved seminal vesicles in neuroendocrine tumors.

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