Published 2014 | Version v1
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Occult Prostate Cancer Detected with 18F-Fluorocholine Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608 (Singapore)
  • 2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Raffles Hospital, Singapore S188770 (Singapore)
  • 3. Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608 (Singapore)
  • 4. Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608 (Singapore)

Description

We present a case of a 63-year-old gentleman, who had an initial negative prostate needle biopsy, but persistently elevated prostate-specific antigen levels. An magnetic resonance imaging study of the prostate failed to demonstrate the presence of malignancy. 18F-fluorocholine positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) was then acquired which revealed suspicious prostate lesions. These were confirmed by subsequent surgery and histology to represent prostatic carcinoma

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.144824; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262882

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262882;
DOI
10.4103/1450-1147.144824;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Online)
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 205-208
ISSN
1607-3312

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52021843
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NMR IMAGING; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE
Descriptors DEC
BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLANDS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MALE GENITALS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; TOMOGRAPHY

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Notes
PMCID: PMC4262882; PMID: 25538495; PUBLISHER-ID: WJNM-13-205; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4262882; Copyright: (c) World Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.; This record replaces 47118520