Follicular Thyroid Adenoma Showing Avid Uptake on 68Ga PSMA-HBED-CC PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Apr;41(4):331-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001084.

Abstract

68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT imaging is a relatively new imaging technique used to evaluate the extent of disease in prostate carcinoma. Various other neoplasms may also express PSMA and show uptake on PSMA PET/CT scan. We report a case of a 62-year-old man who had a PSMA PET/CT scan for restaging of prostate carcinoma. A PSMA-avid thyroid lesion was identified, and subsequent tissue sampling confirmed the diagnosis of follicular thyroid adenoma. It is important to be aware of this possibility to avoid scan misinterpretation. Tissue biopsy of PSMA-avid thyroid lesions should be considered to exclude a primary thyroid neoplasm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Oligopeptides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Oligopeptides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11
  • Edetic Acid