18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT for Initial Staging of Renal Cell Carcinoma in an End-Stage Renal Disease Patient

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jan;46(1):e65-e67. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003354.

Abstract

A 46-year-old man with end-stage renal disease and renal cell carcinoma underwent F-FDG PET/CT for initial staging followed by F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT. Unlike F-FDG, which undergoes renal clearance, F-PSMA-1007 undergoes hepatobiliary clearance and thus generates superior quality images. F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT showed intense tracer-avid left renal mass lesion (FDG nonavid); lytic bone lesions (FDG avid) and single liver lesion (FDG nonavid). This case highlights the superiority of F-PSMA-1007 over F-FDG PET/CT in identifying primary lesion as well as metastatic sites in case of renal cell carcinoma even in the presence of end-stage renal disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Niacinamide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Oligopeptides*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Oligopeptides
  • PSMA-1007
  • Niacinamide
  • Fluorine-18