Open Access68Ga–Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-11–Avid Cardiac Metastases in a Patient With Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, A Rare Presentation of a Rare Cancer
Author(s) -
Maike J.M. Uijen,
Wim van Boxtel,
Carla M.L. van Herpen,
Martin Gotthardt,
James Nagarajah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1536-0229
pISSN - 0363-9762
DOI - 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003204
Subject(s) - medicine , adenoid cystic carcinoma , prostate cancer , pathology , cancer , radiology , prostate , carcinoma
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare cancer that arises from secretory glands. Metastases are mainly seen in the lungs and bones. Cardiac metastases are extremely rare; only 1 case has previously been described. In this patient, cardiac metastases were suspected based on CT imaging. Tumor imaging by Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-11 PET is mainly used in prostate cancer patients but is also of interest in adenoid cystic carcinoma patients because of high PSMA-ligand uptake in salivary glands. Ga-PSMA-11 PET imaging supported the suspicion of cardiac metastases, because the cardiac lesions showed similar tracer uptake compared with other metastases.