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A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge

A 70-year-old man with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) received radiation therapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The patient developed penile tenderness, compatible with Peyronie’s disease upon physical examination. An ultrasound revealed a matching hypoechoic plaque and a thrombus in the v...

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Autores principales: Gossili, Farid, Langkilde, Niels Christian, Zacho, Helle D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10417373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37568872
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152509
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author Gossili, Farid
Langkilde, Niels Christian
Zacho, Helle D.
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description A 70-year-old man with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) received radiation therapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The patient developed penile tenderness, compatible with Peyronie’s disease upon physical examination. An ultrasound revealed a matching hypoechoic plaque and a thrombus in the vena dorsalis profunda, which were treated with anticoagulants. A follow-up ultrasound showed no abnormalities. Despite the use of analgesics, the patient suffered from persistent pain, later accompanied by an increasing PSA level of up to 7.5 ng/mL, despite ADT. (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT showed a PSMA uptake consistent with PCa penile metastasis. Due to severe pain and the presence of metastatic PCa, the patient was referred for penectomy. Histopathological analysis confirmed metastases originating from the PCa. This case underscores the importance of (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT in diagnosing PCa metastases and vigilance towards urogenital symptoms as potential indicators of metastases, despite the rarity of penile metastases.
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spelling pubmed-104173732023-08-12 A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge Gossili, Farid Langkilde, Niels Christian Zacho, Helle D. Diagnostics (Basel) Interesting Images A 70-year-old man with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) received radiation therapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The patient developed penile tenderness, compatible with Peyronie’s disease upon physical examination. An ultrasound revealed a matching hypoechoic plaque and a thrombus in the vena dorsalis profunda, which were treated with anticoagulants. A follow-up ultrasound showed no abnormalities. Despite the use of analgesics, the patient suffered from persistent pain, later accompanied by an increasing PSA level of up to 7.5 ng/mL, despite ADT. (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT showed a PSMA uptake consistent with PCa penile metastasis. Due to severe pain and the presence of metastatic PCa, the patient was referred for penectomy. Histopathological analysis confirmed metastases originating from the PCa. This case underscores the importance of (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT in diagnosing PCa metastases and vigilance towards urogenital symptoms as potential indicators of metastases, despite the rarity of penile metastases. MDPI 2023-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10417373/ /pubmed/37568872 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152509 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
title A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_full A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_fullStr A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_short A Case of Penile Metastasis from Prostate Cancer, Identified by (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT, Mimicking Peyronie’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_sort case of penile metastasis from prostate cancer, identified by (68)ga-psma pet/ct, mimicking peyronie’s disease: a diagnostic challenge
topic Interesting Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10417373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37568872
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152509
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