Multitracer Molecular Imaging of Paget Disease Targeting Bone Remodeling, Fatty Acid Metabolism, and PSMA Expression on PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Dec;41(12):991-992. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001413.

Abstract

Paget disease is a chronic disorder resulting in enlarged and misshapen bones, and is caused by disorganized bone remodeling. We present the case of an 85-year-old man with prostatic adenocarcinoma and known Paget disease of the right iliac bone who underwent Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand, C-acetate, and F-fluoride PET/CT for restaging of cancer. On all PET scans, increased tracer accumulation was observed in Paget disease of bone. Besides that Paget disease may mimic metastases on PET/CT using various radiotracers, including Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen ligands and C-acetate, this case highlights the potential of multiparametric disease characterization on PET.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antigens, Surface / metabolism*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism*
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging / methods
  • Osteitis Deformans / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antigens, Surface
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Fatty Acids
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II