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Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) in radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer: A case report of significant response to lu177 DOTA-TATE treatment

Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Apr 28;66(2):269-271. doi: 10.20945/2359-3997000000451. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman with follicular thyroid carcinoma underwent total thyroidectomy followed by radioiodine treatment. Following treatment, the whole-body scan did not show any abnormal radioiodine uptake. However, during the follow-up, the serum thyroglobulin (Tg) value increased without detectable thyroglobulin-antibodies. We performed a Ga-68 DOTA-TATE PET/CT showing a sternal lesion and several lung nodules with high somatostatin receptor density. Also, on the next day, FDG PET/CT was performed, which confirmed the findings. Considering the high levels of somatostatin receptor expression in such metastases, we planned lu177 DOTA-TATE therapy. After two cycles of lu177 DOTA-TATE injection, serum thyroglobulin significantly dropped, and she claimed that her sternal pain and dyspnea were much better. This was the case of a patient suffering from iodine-refractory follicular thyroid carcinoma, with somatostatin-receptor expression, treated with 177Lu-DOTA-TATE, showing a significant response.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular*
  • Female
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / therapeutic use
  • Receptors, Somatostatin
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / radiotherapy

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Receptors, Somatostatin
  • 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane- 1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Gallium-68