title: Unusual lymph node metastases of prostate cancer detected by 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT.
abstract: A 65-year-old patient with prostate adenocarcinoma was explored by 18F-fluorocholine (FCH) PET/CT for pretreatment staging because of a high risk of prostate cancer. Images showed multiple foci with increased uptake of 18F-FCH within some pelvic and retroperitoneal lymph nodes, osseous foci (iliac bones and sacrum), and much more unusual, increased uptake foci within some left supraclavicular and left axillary lymph nodes. Owing to the rarity of spread to supraclavicular lymph nodes, surgical removal was performed and revealed prostate cancer metastases.
authors: From the *Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux; †Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux; ‡INCIA, UMR CNRS 5287, université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux; and §Service d'urologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Pinaquy
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Allard
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Cornelis
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Pasticier
authors: H
authors: H
authors: De Clermont
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002794:Choline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C514960:fluorocholine; D002794:Choline