Pulmonary Vein Varix Mimicking Prostate Cancer Metastasis on 68Ga-Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen-11 PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jan;45(1):e39-e40. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002803.

Abstract

The use of PET/CT with prostate-specific membrane antigen radioligands for staging prostate cancer patients presenting a biochemical recurrence is increasing. As a consequence, the number of reports of diagnostic pitfall of this imaging modality is also increasing. A 75-year-old man referred for a second episode of biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer presented an isolated intense prostate-specific membrane antigen-11 uptake from a right lung abnormality. This abnormality was suggestive of pulmonary vein varix on contrast-enhanced lung CT. The uptake remained stable 1 month after starting androgen deprivation therapy, which confirmed the diagnostic of pulmonary vein varix.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Oligopeptides*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

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