68Ga-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Avid Malignant Pleural Effusion in a Patient With Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and Concordance With 18F-FDG PET/CT

Maike José Maria Uijen; Jetty Anne Mina Weijers; Chantal Maria Leonarda Driessen; Carla Marie Louise van Herpen; James Nagarajah

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000004015

68Ga-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Avid Malignant Pleural Effusion in a Patient With Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and Concordance With 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Feb 1;47(2):140-141. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004015.

Authors

Maike José Maria Uijen¹, Jetty Anne Mina Weijers¹, Chantal Maria Leonarda Driessen¹, Carla Marie Louise van Herpen¹, James Nagarajah²

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences.
² Department of Medical Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer that arises from salivary glands and other secretory glands. Pulmonary metastases are frequently observed in ACC patients with metastatic disease. Previous research showed that ACC often shows high PSMA uptake on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT. Here, we present PET images from an ACC patient with pulmonal, pleural metastases, and malignant pleural effusion, with comparable tracer uptake on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET and 18F-FDG PET.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic*
Edetic Acid
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Gallium Isotopes
Gallium Radioisotopes
Humans
Male
Pleural Effusion, Malignant*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Prostate

Substances

Gallium Isotopes
Gallium Radioisotopes
gallium 68 PSMA-11
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Edetic Acid