Detection of Testicular Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma on PSMA-PET Scan

Theresa Olmstead; Michael Emmerling; Surekha Bantumilli; Mathew Raynor; Matthew E Nielsen; Marc A Bjurlin; Tracy L Rose

doi:10.15586/jkcvhl.v11i1.268

Detection of Testicular Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma on PSMA-PET Scan

J Kidney Cancer VHL. 2024 Mar 5;11(1):49-53. doi: 10.15586/jkcvhl.v11i1.268. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Theresa Olmstead¹, Michael Emmerling², Surekha Bantumilli³, Mathew Raynor², Matthew E Nielsen^{2

4}, Marc A Bjurlin^{2

4}, Tracy L Rose^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
² Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
³ Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
⁴ Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
⁵ Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Abstract

The use of prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) is becoming more widespread for the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer. Here we report a case of oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to the testes diagnosed incidentally on PSMA-PET imaging. This case demonstrates the potential for diagnosis of nonprostate disease with PSMA-PET imaging, as well as the promising nature of PSMA-PET for the diagnosis and surveillance of RCC. In addition, this case report discusses the rare occurrence of oligometastatic RCC to the testis.

Keywords: PET imaging; RCC; prostate cancer.

Copyright: Olmstead T., et al.

Publication types

Case Reports