Increased Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Uptake in Neurofibromatosis

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jun;45(6):465-467. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003039.

Abstract

A 51-year-old man with 30-year neurofibromatosis and 2-month elevated prostate-specific antigen and back pain underwent a Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT scan for possible prostate cancer. Prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT imaging showed no abnormal uptake of the prostate. However, in addition to PSMA uptake in his left lung, thorax, and right ilium, which was confirmed being a lung squamous cell carcinoma by a lung biopsy, widespread uptake was also observed in his skin fibroma lesions. This case demonstrates that benign neurofibromatosis could have uptake of PSMA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurofibromatoses / diagnostic imaging
  • Neurofibromatoses / metabolism*
  • Organometallic Compounds / metabolism*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11