An Incidental Finding of Mucinous Colon Cancer by (18)F-Choline PET/CT Determining a Change in Clinical Management of a Patient with Recurrent Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Carmelo Tuscano; Elvio Grazioso Russi; Said Al Sayyad; Stefano Pergolizzi

doi:10.1155/2014/297031

An Incidental Finding of Mucinous Colon Cancer by (18)F-Choline PET/CT Determining a Change in Clinical Management of a Patient with Recurrent Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014:2014:297031. doi: 10.1155/2014/297031. Epub 2014 Aug 13.

Authors

Carmelo Tuscano¹, Elvio Grazioso Russi², Said Al Sayyad¹, Stefano Pergolizzi³

Affiliations

¹ Radiation Oncology Department, AO "Bianchi Melacrino Morelli", Via Giuseppe Melacrino 21, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
² Radiation Oncology Department, University Teaching Hospital AO "S. Croce e Carle", Via M. Coppino 26, 12100 Cuneo, Italy.
³ Radiation Oncology Department, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98100 Messina, Italy.

Abstract

A 66-year-old-man underwent a PET/CT scan after a biochemical relapse for a prostate cancer previously treated with a laparoscopic surgical procedure which revealed a focal uptake in the posterior wall of sigmoid colon. The biopsy demonstrated a colon cancer with mucinous differentiation producing a shift in clinical priority. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report in the English literature describing the detection by (18)F-choline PET/CT of a colorectal cancer with mucinous differentiation.