Isolated Myocardial Metastases in a Neuroendocrine Tumor: 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings.

Clin Nucl MedApr 2, 2026 (epub)
Case ReportOncology (Medical)Cardiology

Muhammet Halil Baltacioglu, Pelin Sahin Oguz

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Case in brief

A 58-year-old man with a well-differentiated grade 1 terminal ileum neuroendocrine tumor (Ki-67 1%) underwent 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT for staging. Imaging showed intense uptake in the primary tumor and two incidental myocardial foci. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated signal heterogeneity at the corresponding sites, supporting myocardial metastases. The findings established isolated myocardial involvement at initial staging.

What made this case unusual

Myocardial metastases were detected at initial staging as isolated cardiac involvement, rather than in the setting of advanced metastatic disease described as typical in the report.

Diagnostic / clinical pearl

Incidental myocardial foci on somatostatin receptor-based PET/CT in a patient with a neuroendocrine tumor may warrant correlation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to assess for metastases.

Source

PubMed · PMID 41949898

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