Penile Metastasis From Prostate Cancer Detected by 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT. (January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bianchi, Denise; Rizzo, Alessio; Bonacina, Mattia; Zaniboni, Alberto; Savelli, Giordano
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 46:Number 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Subjects: penile metastases -- prostate cancer -- 18F-fluorocholine; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003249
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: 18 F-Fluorocholine ( 18 F-FCH) PET/CT is widely used to study patients affected by prostate cancer. 18 F-FCH PET/CT is suitable for the detection of pelvic and abdominal nodal and skeletal metastases. Indeed, 18 F-FCH PET/CT sensitivity for other organs, such as the liver and the urinary tract, is lowered by the radiopharmaceutical urinary washout and intense liver uptake. Herein, we report the case of a patient affected by oligometastatic prostate cancer in good clinical condition treated with total androgen blockade. 18 F-FCH PET/CT showed a diffuse and intense uptake in the shaft of the penis, which was an evidence of a rare penile metastasis.