Breast Cancer Incidentally Detected by 18F-Choline PET/CT in a Patient With Recurrent Prostate Carcinoma.
A 79-year-old man underwent F-choline PET/CT for biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer. PET/CT images showed an area of elevated radiopharmaceutical uptake in a left pelvic node. In addition, a small focus of increased radiolabeled choline accumulation was seen in a small nodule of the right breast, which was later histologically characterized as an infiltrating ductal carcinoma. In this patient, choline PET/CT was critical in localizing prostate cancer recurrence and identifying a second unsuspected malignancy.
From the *Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan; and †Department of Nuclear Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Manuela
M
Vadrucci
Laura
L
Gilardi
Chiara Maria
CM
Grana
D000368:Aged; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002794:Choline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C516370:fluoromethylcholine; D002794:Choline