Incidental 68Ga-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Uptake in Compression Fracture of a Vertebral Body.

Kesim S., Oksuzoglu K., Ozguven S., Erdil T. Y.

Clinical nuclear medicine, cilt.46, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003482
  • Dergi Adı: Clinical nuclear medicine
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ga-68-PSMA, compression fracture, PET/CT, prostate cancer, PROSTATE-CANCER, PATTERNS, PET/CT
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a membrane glycoprotein, which is overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. With its wide use, there is a growing number of case reports describing non-prostate cancer-related benign and malignant lesions showing increased Ga-68-PSMA uptake. We herein present the case of an 89-year-old man with prostate cancer who was referred for Ga-68-PSMA PET/CT for restaging, which revealed incidental Ga-68-PSMA uptake in compression fracture of a vertebral body. This case demonstrates that PSMA expression may occur in acute compression fractures, and it can be a potential pitfall when reporting Ga-68-PSMA PET/CT images.