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Cerebellar Metastases from Prostate Cancer Detected by PET/CT with ¹⁸F-Choline

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.59672

• Luca Filippi
• Antonella Fontana
• Francesco Guerrini
• Angelo Pompucci
• Oreste Bagni

Received Date: 16.04.2021 Accepted Date: 29.06.2021 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(3):227-230 PMID: 36268897

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A 76-year-old male, previously submitted enucleation renal-cell carcinoma (pT1) and prostatectomy for prostate cancer (Gleason score 3+5, pT3b pN0 pMx), was submitted to positron emission/computed tomography (PET/CT) with ¹⁸F-choline for restaging due to raised levels of prostate-specific antigen. PET/CT scan showed increased tracer incorporation corresponding to bone metastases in the left ischio-pubic ramus, also revealing 2 areas of increased tracer uptake in the cerebellum, subsequently confirmed by brain magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was urgently submitted to neurosurgery. Post-operative histology was positive for brain metastases from prostate cancer.

Keywords: Prostate neoplasm, positron emission tomography, molecular imaging, neurosurgery, personalized medicine

Ethics

Informed Consent: Each patient must sign a written consent authorizing the use of anonymous data for research purpose before performing PET/CT scan.

Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Surgical and Medical Practices: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B., Concept: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B., Design: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B., Data Collection or Processing: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B., Analysis or Interpretation: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B., Literature Search: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B., Writing: L.P., A.F., F.G., A.P., O.B.

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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