Open AccessSpinal tuberculosis mimicking as prostate cancer metastases in Ga-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen positron-emission tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Nitin Gupta,
Ram Kumar Elumalai,
Ritu Verma,
Ethel Shangne Belho,
Shashi Dhawan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_56_20
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , positron emission tomography , glutamate carboxypeptidase ii , prostate , lesion , positron emission tomography computed tomography , radiology , radiation therapy , biopsy , nuclear medicine , pathology , cancer
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a type II transmembrane glycoprotein which is overexpressed in prostate cancer. However, the widespread use of PSMA positron-emission tomography (PET) scan revealed various nonprostatic PSMA-avid diseases. Here we present a report of a known case of carcinoma prostate, post orchidectomy, radiotherapy, on hormonal therapy with complain of back pain, referred for Ga68 PSMA PET/CT scan. The scan revealed PSMA-avid lesion of contiguous D6 and D7 vertebrae with associated soft-tissue component. The biopsy of the lesion was suggestive of tuberculosis.