Combined Intravenous Urogram and 68Ga-PSMA PET/ CT for Improved Staging and Restaging of Prostate Cancer

J Clin Imaging Sci. 2020 Oct 24:10:67. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_88_2020. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Staging/restaging of prostate cancer utilizing Gallium-68 (68Ga) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in combination with an intravenous urogram allows improved discrimination between radiotracer activity in the renal tract and small pelvic nodes or local recurrences. Within this pictorial essay, we describe the imaging protocol utilized at our institution and present cases which demonstrate the utility of this combined imaging approach.

Keywords: Positron emission tomography; Prostate cancer imaging; Prostate cancer staging; Prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/ computed tomography; Urogram.