Published April 2021 | Version v1
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68-gallium prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography detects rare testicular metastasis from prostate cancer

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai (India)
  • 2. Department of Uroonology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai (India)
  • 3. Department of Medical Oncology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai (India)
  • 4. Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (India)

Description

Testicular metastases from solid tumors is a rare entity. We describe one such case where a patient on treatment for prostate cancer presented with a right scrotal swelling. For restaging, whole-body 68-gallium prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) was performed. Fused PET/CT images demonstrated intense uptake in the testicular lesion. Unique anatomic and functional information provided by hybrid PET/CT helped in reliably establishing the testicular mass as the site of metastases from prostate cancer, which had a major impact on patient management. (author)

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_224_20;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 229-230
ISSN
0972-3919

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
52095357
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ANTIGENS; CT-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; GALLIUM 68; METASTASES; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE; SWELLING
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALLIUM ISOTOPES; GLANDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MALE GENITALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY