Unusual Variant of Breast Cancer Presenting With Pituitary Symptoms Detected on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT

Carcinoma of breast with neuroendocrine differentiation is an extremely rare entity, especially in male population. Although the “garden variety” of male breast cancers is often metastatic at presentation, with an aggressive course, there is hardly any literature about neuroendocrine variants. We re...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2021-11, Vol.46 (11), p.e556-e558
Main Authors: Dev, Indraja D., Puranik, Ameya D., Rangarajan, Venkatesh, Purandare, Nilendu C., Agrawal, Archi, Shah, Sneha, Sahay, Ayushi
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Language:English
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Summary:Carcinoma of breast with neuroendocrine differentiation is an extremely rare entity, especially in male population. Although the “garden variety” of male breast cancers is often metastatic at presentation, with an aggressive course, there is hardly any literature about neuroendocrine variants. We report a case of a 57-year-old man who had pituitary symptoms, which on 68 Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT imaging turned out to be a metastatic lesion, with somatostatin expressing primary in breast and other sites, with histopathological confirmation of neuroendocrine differentiation in breast cancer.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003768