Penile Metastasis From Prostate Cancer Detected by 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jan;46(1):e38-e39. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003249.

Abstract

F-Fluorocholine (F-FCH) PET/CT is widely used to study patients affected by prostate cancer. F-FCH PET/CT is suitable for the detection of pelvic and abdominal nodal and skeletal metastases. Indeed, F-FCH PET/CT sensitivity for other organs, such as the liver and the urinary tract, is lowered by the radiopharmaceutical urinary washout and intense liver uptake. Herein, we report the case of a patient affected by oligometastatic prostate cancer in good clinical condition treated with total androgen blockade. F-FCH PET/CT showed a diffuse and intense uptake in the shaft of the penis, which was an evidence of a rare penile metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penile Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Penile Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • fluorocholine
  • Choline