68Ga-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Uptake in a Malignant Pleural Effusion From Metastatic Prostate Cancer After Pleurodesis

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Oct;44(10):838-839. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002748.

Abstract

A 76-year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate presented with increasing dyspnea. After being treated initially with drainage and afterwards with pleurodesis, he was referred for Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen 11 PET/CT imaging for restaging purposes. PET/CT demonstrated extensive Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen 11 uptake in the right pleura. Histopathology confirmed the rare case of malignant pleural effusion from metastatic prostate cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Aged
  • Biological Transport
  • Gallium Radioisotopes*
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant / metabolism*
  • Pleurodesis*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Gallium-68
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II