Desmoid Tumor Showing Intense Uptake on 68Ga PSMA-HBED-CC PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jun;41(6):508-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001192.

Abstract

Ga-PSMA PET/CT is a new imaging technique that is highly sensitive to metastatic prostate cancer lesions compared with other conventional imaging modalities. We report a case of a 77-year-old man with newly diagnosed prostate carcinoma who had a PSMA PET/CT scan for staging of his disease. An intensely PSMA-avid right pelvic mass was identified abutting the cecum and terminal ileum. Surgical removal and histopathologic examination of this lesion revealed the diagnosis of a desmoid tumor. It is important to be aware that many tumors other than prostate carcinoma may also show avid uptake on PSMA PET/CT scan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Desmoid Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oligopeptides
  • Pelvis
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

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