Epididymal Metastasis of Prostate Cancer Detected With 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Oct;41(10):792-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001302.

Abstract

Here, we report on a 73-year-old man with a biochemical relapse (PSA level, 1.1 ng/mL) 8 years after radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy. Four years after primary diagnosis, a bilateral subcapsular orchiectomy was performed for endogen androgen deprivation. Physical examination and transrectal ultrasound did not show any suspicious finding. Subsequently, a Ga-PSMA-PET/CT was performed and revealed a very rare epididymal metastasis. After surgery, the PSA level decreased to less than 0.07 ng/mL, and 4 months later, the patient is still tumor free.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Epididymis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Epididymis / pathology
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Oligopeptides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Oligopeptides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11
  • Edetic Acid