68Ga-DOTATOC represents a useful tool in tumor contouring for radiosurgery planning. We present a case series of patients affected by meningiomas on who we performed 68Ga-DOTATOC positron emission tomography (PET)/CT pre-operatively, a subgroup of which also underwent a post-operative 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT to evaluate the standardized uptake value (SUV) modification after Gamma Knife ICON treatment in single or hypofractionated fractions. Twenty patients were enrolled/included in this study: ten females and ten males. The median age was 52 years (range 33-80). The median tumor diameter was 3.68 cm (range 0.12-22.26 cm), and the median pre-radiotherapy maximum SUV value was 11 (range 2.3-92). The average of the relative percentage changes between SUVs at baseline and follow up was -6%, ranging from -41% to 56%. The SUV was reduced in seven out of 12 patients (58%), stable in two out of 12 (17%), and increased in three out of 12 (25%), suggesting a biological response of the tumor to the Gamma Knife treatment in most of the cases. 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET represents a valuable tool in assessing the meningioma diagnosis for primary radiosurgery; it is also promising for follow-up assessment.
Keywords: 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT; Gamma Knife; follow up; gallium; hypofractionated; meningioma; radiosurgery.