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Case Reports
. 2024 Nov 1;49(11):e625-e627.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005470. Epub 2024 Sep 25.

Incidental Detection of Brain Metastases From a Pulmonary Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma at 18 F-Fluorocholine PET/CT in a Context of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Mathilde Didier  1 , François Godard  2 , Cléa Fraisse  3 , Léo Morin  4 , Clément Drouet  2
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Incidental Detection of Brain Metastases From a Pulmonary Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma at 18 F-Fluorocholine PET/CT in a Context of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Mathilde Didier et al. Clin Nucl Med. .

Abstract

This 65-year-old man suffering from hypercalcemia in a context of hyperparathyroidism treated by calcimimetics was referred to our institution to perform an 18 F-fluorocholine PET/CT in order to localize the pathological parathyroid gland(s). We incidentally discovered a brain metastatic pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in addition to a parathyroid adenoma. This case illustrates the value of FCH PET/CT in hyperparathyroidism workup event under calcimimetic treatment, as well as the potential of FCH PET/CT to reveal occult malignancies.

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