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Synchronous Paraganglioma Masquerading as 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT-Avid Metastasis in Carcinoma Prostate-How Specific Is 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT?

Authors :
Tyagi S
Singh SK
Narain TA
Singh H
Kumar R
Vadi SK
Source :
Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 2019 Jun; Vol. 44 (6), pp. e420-e422.
Publication Year :
2019

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.

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