Open AccessGiant Schmorl′s Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on 18 F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Gabriele Masselli,
Riccardo Monti,
Marianna Guida,
Gianfranco Gualdi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/1450-1147.154233
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , positron emission tomography , bone metastasis , metastasis , positron emission tomography computed tomography , magnetic resonance imaging , prostatectomy , choline , nuclear medicine , radiology , cancer
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer are detected by choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with high sensitivity and specificity. We report the case of a patient with previous prostatectomy for prostate cancer who underwent F-choline PET/CT for a recent increased of prostate-specific antigen value and showed focal vertebral uptake suggestive for skeletal metastasis; magnetic resonance imaging revealed unexpectedly a Schmorl's node (SN). False positives on choline PET-CT caused by SN has not be reported in the literature and the present case highlights that this possibility should be considered in case of choline vertebral increased uptake in the patient with prostate cancer.