Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Bone metastasis in prostate cancer are detected by choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with high sensitivity and specificity. We report the case of a patient with previous prostatectomy for prostate cancer who underwent F-choline PET/CT for a recent increased of prostat...

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Autores principales: Masselli, Gabriele, Monti, Riccardo, Guida, Marianna, Gualdi, Gianfranco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097428
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.154233
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author Masselli, Gabriele
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description Bone metastasis in prostate cancer are detected by choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with high sensitivity and specificity. We report the case of a patient with previous prostatectomy for prostate cancer who underwent F-choline PET/CT for a recent increased of prostate-specific antigen value and showed focal vertebral uptake suggestive for skeletal metastasis; magnetic resonance imaging revealed unexpectedly a Schmorl's node (SN). False positives on choline PET-CT caused by SN has not be reported in the literature and the present case highlights that this possibility should be considered in case of choline vertebral increased uptake in the patient with prostate cancer.
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spelling pubmed-44551732015-06-19 Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Masselli, Gabriele Monti, Riccardo Guida, Marianna Gualdi, Gianfranco World J Nucl Med Case Report Bone metastasis in prostate cancer are detected by choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with high sensitivity and specificity. We report the case of a patient with previous prostatectomy for prostate cancer who underwent F-choline PET/CT for a recent increased of prostate-specific antigen value and showed focal vertebral uptake suggestive for skeletal metastasis; magnetic resonance imaging revealed unexpectedly a Schmorl's node (SN). False positives on choline PET-CT caused by SN has not be reported in the literature and the present case highlights that this possibility should be considered in case of choline vertebral increased uptake in the patient with prostate cancer. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4455173/ /pubmed/26097428 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.154233 Text en Copyright: © World Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_full Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_fullStr Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_full_unstemmed Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_short Giant Schmorl's Node may Cause High Uptake and Mimic a Bone Metastasis on (18)F-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_sort giant schmorl's node may cause high uptake and mimic a bone metastasis on (18)f-choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097428
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.154233
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