18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT of Incidental Male Breast Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jan;42(1):e56-e57. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001429.

Abstract

Breast cancer is approximately 100 times less common among men. Estrogen-related receptor α was detected in human prostate cancer tissue, and androgen receptors are expressed in both normal and malignant breast tissue. Thus, prostate cancer hormonal therapy may increase breast cancer risk. A 67-year-old man with prostate cancer history presented with rising prostate-specific antigen level. F-Fluorocholine PET/CT showed intense uptake in his right breast and moderate uptake in right axillary lymph node. Complementary F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated more intense tracer uptakes in both the right breast and axillary lymph node. Breast histological findings were invasive ductal cancer, with axillary lymph node invasion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / pathology
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • fluorocholine
  • Choline