Prostate Cancer Lymphangitic Pulmonary Carcinomatosis: Appearance on 18F-FDG PET/CT and 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Sep;45(9):727-729. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003109.

Abstract

A 51-year-old man diagnosed with high-grade, high-volume metastatic castration-sensitive prostate adenocarcinoma received pelvic radiation, androgen deprivation therapy, and intravenous docetaxel. Serum prostate-specific antigen became undetectable following treatment. Within a year, his cancer progressed to castration-resistant disease, and he was treated with oral abiraterone acetate 1000 mg and prednisone 10 mg daily. Despite this, the serum prostate-specific antigen rose from 0.03 to 1.39 μg/L, and F-DCFPyL and F-FDG PET/CT showed progression. While F-DCFPyL uptake may be seen in aggressive disease, F-FDG portends poor prognosis. Despite intravenous platinum-based chemotherapy, the patient died of respiratory failure 20 months after his initial diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Disease Progression
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lysine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Urea / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • 2-(3-(1-carboxy-5-((6-fluoropyridine-3-carbonyl)amino)pentyl)ureido)pentanedioic acid
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Urea
  • Lysine
  • Prednisone