Open AccessRing Sclerosis in Prostate Cancer
Author(s) -
Charles Marcus,
Yoram Baum,
Olayinka A. Abiodun-Ojo,
Ashesh B. Jani,
David M. Schuster
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.0000000000003434
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , prostate , multiple sclerosis , cancer , disease , pathology , radiology , psychiatry
Prostate cancer osteoblastic metastases may have different morphologies, and some of these may overlap with certain benign bone lesions. In this series of 5 prostate cancer patients, we describe bone lesions with central lucency and surrounding peripheral sclerosis and their varying appearances on different imaging modalities. Although prostate cancer metastases are commonly associated with sclerotic lesions, they can also present as osteolytic or lucent lesions, and these lesions should be carefully evaluated. The findings emphasize the importance of correlation with prior imaging, comparing findings on different imaging techniques and follow-up to differentiate benign disease from metastatic disease in these situations.