Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Positive Manifestations of Chronic Beryllium Lung Disease

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jan;44(1):64-65. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002323.

Abstract

Three years after prostatectomy, a 78-year-old man with initial high-risk prostate cancer and new increasing prostate-specific antigen levels underwent Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT. Imaging revealed PSMA-positive pelvic, ascending retroperitoneal and left supraclavicular lymph nodes consistent with metastases. Additionally, there was PSMA-positive lymphadenopathy (hilar and mediastinal) and pulmonary changes (fibrotic and nodular) in which histopathology excluded metastases. A lymphocyte proliferation test was indicative of beryllium sensitization. Chronic beryllium lung disease-a multisystem granulomatous inflammatory disease mainly affecting the lungs-could be established in this patient with occupational exposure to beryllium. This case shows that manifestations of berylliosis can also be PSMA positive.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Berylliosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oligopeptides*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*

Substances

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