A case of 68Ga-PSMA PET early dynamic image revealing occult recurrent lesion in the posterior wall of the urinary bladder

Hell J Nucl Med. 2022 Jan-Apr;25(1):111-112. doi: 10.1967/s002449912446. Epub 2022 Apr 8.

Abstract

A 79-year-old man with prostate cancer was treated with prostatectomy. He presented with a rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) level of 6.00ng/mL. Gallium-68-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography (68Ga-PSMA PET/CT) showed avid PSMA uptake in the posterior wall of the urinary bladder on the early stage (60s post injection; 5min post injection; 10min post injection). However, this lesion was difficult to distinguish because of adjacent physiological urine activity on routine imaging, delayed PET/CT and PET/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Our case indicates early dynamic scan is conducive to increasing the rate of detected lesions, especially for the existence of adjacent physiological urine activity disturbance lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography* / methods
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen
  • Prostatectomy / methods
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen