Avid 68Ga-PSMA Uptake in Accessory Submandibular Salivary Gland

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jul;44(7):591-593. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002570.

Abstract

Accessory submandibular salivary gland (ASSG) is an extremely rare variation of the submandibular salivary gland. We reported a 65-year-old man with prostate cancer underwent Ga-PSMA PET/CT for active surveillance. The images showed abnormal PSMA uptake adjacent to the submandibular salivary gland without abnormal activity distribution in the rest regions of the body. The lesion density was similar to that of the submandibular salivary gland. Pathological biopsy confirmed that it was an ASSG. Our case illustrates that ASSG is an addition benign cause of extraprostatic uptake of PSMA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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

Substances

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