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Comparison of ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA PET/CT and ¹⁸F-PSMA PET/CT of a Patient with Prostate Cancer Recurrence on Urinary Bladder Wall

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.47550

• Çiğdem Soydal
• Burak Demir
• Gizem Sütçü
• Mine Araz
• Nuriye Özlem Küçük

Received Date: 05.10.2022 Accepted Date: 15.01.2023 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2023;32(2):150-152 PMID: 37337828

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Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the world. After radical prostatectomy, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are usually used as a marker of recurrence for prostate cancer. In the case of increased PSA levels, ⁶⁸Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) or ¹⁸F-PSMA, a new alternative, can be performed for the detection of recurrent disease. We report a case of a 49-year-old male patient with increasing PSA levels who was previously operated 8 years ago. Although no obvious pathological uptake was detected in ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), ¹⁸F-PSMA PET/CT revealed a lesion with pathological uptake on the urinary bladder wall.

Keywords: Cancer, prostate, positron emission tomography, 68Ga-PSMA, 18F-PSMA

Ethics

Informed Consent: Written informed consent was obtained from the patient.

Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Concept: N.Ö.K., G.S., M.A., Ç.S., Design: N.Ö.K., G.S., M.A., Ç.S., Analysis or Interpretation: B.D., Ç.S., Literature Search: B.D., G.S., Ç.S., Writing: B.D., Ç.S.

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

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

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