Incidental prostate-specific membrane antigen-avid meningioma detected on 68Ga–prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT

A 70-year-old gentleman with a history of Gleason score 7 (3 + 4) prostate adenocarcinoma was treated with radical prostatectomy with clear surgical margins. Postoperatively his prostate specific antigen was undetectable. However, his prostate specific antigen was slowly rising and he was referred f...

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Main Authors: James Yuheng Jiang, MD, MMed (ClinEpi), Joshua Wei Liang Yip, MBBS, Christine Kang, MD, MMed (ClinEpi), Vu Hoang Tran, MD, Marco Enoch Lee, MD, Ken Le, MBBS, FRANZCR, Robert Mansberg, MBBS, FRACP, FAANMS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043321005835
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Summary:A 70-year-old gentleman with a history of Gleason score 7 (3 + 4) prostate adenocarcinoma was treated with radical prostatectomy with clear surgical margins. Postoperatively his prostate specific antigen was undetectable. However, his prostate specific antigen was slowly rising and he was referred for a 68Galium-Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET/CT scan. Findings were suggestive of local prostatic cancer recurrence with no evidence of nodal or distant metastasis. An incidental PSMA avid focus was noted in the left frontal lobe, inseparable from the left frontal bone laterally. Subsequent MRI findings were consistent with meningioma. Meningioma is the most common primary brain tumor and may be a cause of false positive prostate cancer metastasis due to 68Ga-PSMA uptake.
ISSN:1930-0433