18F DCFPyL PSMA avid biopsy proven subcutaneous capillary haemangioma as a malignancy mimic in the setting of biochemical recurrent prostate carcinoma

We present a case of a 65-year-old male with a biopsy proven subcutaneous capillary haemangioma identified on imaging for evaluation of further metastatic spread of prostatic carcinoma due to a rise in his prostate-specific antigen biochemistry. He was receiving salvage radiation therapy for his kno...

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Main Authors: Manvinder Dhillon, MBBS, BMedSci, PGDAAD, MS, Dalveer Singh, MBBS, FRANZCR, FAANMS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043322002564
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Summary:We present a case of a 65-year-old male with a biopsy proven subcutaneous capillary haemangioma identified on imaging for evaluation of further metastatic spread of prostatic carcinoma due to a rise in his prostate-specific antigen biochemistry. He was receiving salvage radiation therapy for his known isolated nodal disease, four years after prostatectomy. An intensely avid prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography-computed tomography lesion in the left paramedian back at the level of L1 was noted on his scan. A core biopsy revealed a dermal haemangioma with no evidence of metastatic prostatic carcinoma. To our knowledge, only one other incidental case of prostate-specific membrane antigen avid subcutaneous capillary haemangioma has been described in the literature. Whilst uncommon, incidental findings of prostate-specific membrane antigen PET avid dermal lesions are pathognomonic for haemangiomas and can be treated as “no touch” lesions with watchful observation.
ISSN:1930-0433