(68)Ga–Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-11–Avid Cardiac Metastases in a Patient With Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, A Rare Presentation of a Rare Cancer

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare cancer that arises from secretory glands. Metastases are mainly seen in the lungs and bones. Cardiac metastases are extremely rare; only 1 case has previously been described. In this patient, cardiac metastases were suspected based on CT imaging. Tumor imaging by (...

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Autores principales: Uijen, Maike José Maria, van Boxtel, Wim, van Herpen, Carla Marie Louise, Gotthardt, Martin, Nagarajah, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7409769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32701807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000003204
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Sumario:Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare cancer that arises from secretory glands. Metastases are mainly seen in the lungs and bones. Cardiac metastases are extremely rare; only 1 case has previously been described. In this patient, cardiac metastases were suspected based on CT imaging. Tumor imaging by (68)Ga–prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-11 PET is mainly used in prostate cancer patients but is also of interest in adenoid cystic carcinoma patients because of high PSMA-ligand uptake in salivary glands. (68)Ga-PSMA-11 PET imaging supported the suspicion of cardiac metastases, because the cardiac lesions showed similar tracer uptake compared with other metastases.

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