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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Interesting Images Gossili, Farid Langkilde, Niels Christian Zacho, Helle D. 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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