Incidental Finding of Colon Carcinoma Related to High Uptake in 18F-PSMA-1007 PET

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jul;45(7):561-562. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003081.

Abstract

We present a 78-year-old man with suspicion of prostate cancer due to a PSA of 200 ng/mL, who underwent F-PSMA-1007 (prostate specific membrane antigen) PET/CT for primary staging. Besides heterogeneous uptake to the prostate, an increased PSMA uptake in the cecum was observed, located in the thickened cecal wall with suspicion of a secondary malignancy. Colonoscopic biopsy followed by hemicolectomy confirmed the diagnosis of colon adenocarcinoma. This case demonstrates the importance of bioptic workup of suspicious findings on PSMA PET/CT, which are unlikely to be related to prostate cancer as PSMA ligand uptake is not exclusively prostate cancer specific.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism*
  • Aged
  • Biological Transport
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Male
  • Niacinamide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Niacinamide / metabolism
  • Oligopeptides / metabolism*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Oligopeptides
  • PSMA-1007
  • Niacinamide