title: Incidental PSMA Uptake in an Undisplaced Fracture of a Vertebral Body.
abstract: A 50-year-old man with recently diagnosed prostate cancer was referred for Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT with elevated prostate-specific antigen. PET/CT demonstrated increased PSMA uptake in an undisplaced transverse fracture of the L1 vertebral body. This case illustrates that PSMA uptake can occur in a transverse vertebral body fracture and is a benign cause of PSMA uptake.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Nepean Hospital, Penrith; and †Sydney Medical School Nepean University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Shankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vamadevan
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Choung
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mansberg
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D005709:Gallium Isotopes; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005709:Gallium Isotopes; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D009842:Oligopeptides; C000718244:gallium 68 PSMA-11; D004492:Edetic Acid; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen