68Ga-DOTATATE Uptake in Primary Breast Cancer.

Ga-DOTA peptides have revolutionized the imaging of neuroendocrine tumors because the agents are specific to somatostatin receptors. However, other tumors, including breast cancer, have been shown to express somatostatin receptors. We present the case of a 74-year-old woman with primary cardiac paraganglioma, who was found to have Ga-DOTATATE activity in the breast on staging PET/CT. Subsequent breast imaging workup and biopsy confirmed primary invasive lobular breast cancer, which was not F-FDG-avid on prior FDG PET/CT. Our case is in alignment with prior studies that suggest that Ga-DOTA peptides may play a future role in imaging breast cancer patients.