Solitary 68Ga-PSMA-Avid Proximal Tibial Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Metastasis Mimicking Enthesopathy

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jan;46(1):81-83. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003365.

Abstract

A 76-year-old man with previously treated prostatic adenocarcinoma (Gleason 8) was referred for a Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT scan due to a rising serum PSA level. An intensely PSMA-avid focus was demonstrated in the left proximal tibia with no evidence of local recurrence or metastatic disease elsewhere. This was diagnosed and managed as enthesopathy. A Tc-MDP bone scan with SPECT/CT performed 9 months later confirmed an intensely osteoblastic mixed lytic/sclerotic metastasis at the left proximal tibia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enthesopathy / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins*
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tibia / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibia / pathology*

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11