Detection of Sarcomatoid Lung Metastasis With 68GA-PSMA PET/CT in a Patient With Prostate Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 May;41(5):421-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001157.

Abstract

A 70-year-old man with prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma; pT3aN0Mx; GS: 4 + 4) underwent radical prostatectomy and lymph node dissection in February 2008. In December 2009, biochemical recurrence occurred and prostate-specific antigen progressively increased to 4.63 ng/mL despite local salvage radiotherapy and androgen deprivation. Ga-PSMA PET/CT showed a positive left iliac lymph node and a pathological left pulmonary lesion, which was highly positive in a subsequent F-FDG PET/CT. Lymph node resection confirmed an adenocarcinoma metastasis of the prostate cancer and lung surgery demonstrated a sarcomatoid metastasis of prostate cancer. After surgery, prostate-specific antigen decreased to 0.03 ng/mL.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Oligopeptides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / metabolism
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Oligopeptides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11
  • Edetic Acid
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen