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Synchronous Paraganglioma Masquerading as 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT-Avid Metastasis in Carcinoma Prostate-How Specific Is 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT?
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Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 2019 Jun; Vol. 44 (6), pp. e420-e422. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We present a case of biopsy-proven prostatic adenocarcinoma with a tracer-avid left paravertebral location at D4 to D5 vertebrae, suggestive of metastasis. However, in view of uncommon location of single-site metastasis at paravertebral region with no tracer-avid regional lymphadenopathy, image-guided biopsy was done, which was suggestive of paraganglioma. Ga-PSMA is known to have variable tracer avidity in multiple nonprostatic benign as well as malignant lesions, and our case adds to the list of nonspecific uptake by this once considered "specific" to prostate PET radiotracer.
- Subjects :
- Adenocarcinoma diagnostic imaging
Aged
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Gallium Isotopes
Gallium Radioisotopes
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Membrane Glycoproteins metabolism
Organometallic Compounds metabolism
Paraganglioma secondary
Prostatic Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals metabolism
Adenocarcinoma pathology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary diagnostic imaging
Paraganglioma diagnostic imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Prostatic Neoplasms pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-0229
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical nuclear medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31021914
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000002589