Diffuse Bone Metastases in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Shown on Octreoscan

A 32-year-old man with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor and known liver metastasis presented with diffuse back pain. Workup octreoscan showed newly developed diffuse bone metastases, in addition to the persistent liver metastases. The bone metastases were later confirmed on MRI spine images. Received for publication October 29, 2018; revision accepted November 27, 2018. Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared. Correspondence to: Yang Lu, MD, PhD, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler Unit No. 1483, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail: ylu10@mdanderson.org. Copyright © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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