Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT in Splenic Sarcoidosis

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Nov;40(11):897-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000827.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man who had prostate cancer presented with slightly progressive prostate-specific antigen values. In this situation of biochemical relapse, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT has proven to be superior to choline PET. The Ga-PSMA PET/CT of our patient revealed PSMA-positive tissue in the spleen. Although the localization was not typical for metastases, metastasis could not be excluded because of the intense focal tracer uptake. A supplementary MRI was performed but also failed to rule out a malignant origin. Finally, biopsy confirmed benign disease in the spleen in the form of granulomatous disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choline
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Oligopeptides*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spleen / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

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