18F-Fluciclovine Uptake by an Incidentally Detected Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Case of Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Sep;43(9):695-696. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002176.

Abstract

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting men worldwide with a high recurrence rate following therapy. F-fluciclovine, is a US Food and Drug Administration-approved radiopharmaceutical for PET imaging in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer. It targets increased amino acid transporters in the cell membrane of cancer cells. We report a case of incidentally detected hepatocellular carcinoma showing F-fluciclovine uptake in a 71-year-old man with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biological Transport
  • Carboxylic Acids / metabolism*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / metabolism*
  • Cyclobutanes / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Cyclobutanes
  • fluciclovine F-18