Should Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT be Performed Routinely in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors Before Surgical Resection?

Background: The only potential cure for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is operative resection, which may also offer a survival benefit for advanced disease. We aimed to assess the role of Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in preoperative planning and compared its performance to CT with IV contrast and MRI with Eovist, for abdominal NETs.

Methods: Records of patients who underwent Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in addition to MRI with Eovist and/or CT with IV contrast were retrospectively evaluated.

Periprostatic Fat: A Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer?

Objective: To evaluate whether periprostatic fat volume and periprostatic fat ratio as determined by multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) correlate with the presence of high-grade prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: A total of 295 consecutive patients (median age: 64, range: 38-84) underwent mpMRI of the prostate gland between August 2013 and February 2015. All patients underwent a 3 Tesla mpMRI.

Ectopic pregnancy in a cesarean section scar treated with intramuscular methotrexate and bilateral uterine artery embolization.

We report a case of an ectopic pregnancy implanted in the myometrium at the site of a scar from a previous cesarean section that presented with vaginal bleeding and was successfully treated with bilateral uterine artery embolization and intramuscular administration of methotrexate. The combination of minimally invasive interventional techniques and medical therapies can preserve fertility.