Hepatic Vascular Malformation Mimics PSMA-Positive Prostate Cancer Metastasis

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Abstract

An 80-year-old man developed high-risk prostate cancer after 7 years of active surveillance. For staging and treatment planning, a Ga-PSMA PET/MRI was performed. Besides the PSMA-positive primary tumor and a solitary bone metastasis in the fifth thoracic vertebral body, an intensive intrahepatic PSMA expression (SUVmax, 16.3) was suspicious for a liver metastasis. The results of a previously performed contrast-enhanced CT, a consecutively performed contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and a follow-up PSMA PET/CT after 4 months with a stable lesion during androgen deprivation lead to the diagnosis of a vascular malformation metabolically mimicking a hepatic metastasis of the prostate tumor.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e283-e284
JournalClinical nuclear medicine
Volume45
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85084272796

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  • Aged, 80 and over, Androgen Antagonists/therapeutic use, Antigens, Surface/metabolism, Diagnosis, Differential, Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II/metabolism, Humans, Liver/blood supply, Liver Neoplasms/secondary, Male, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, Prostatic Neoplasms/complications, Vascular Malformations/complications

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