Paget Disease: A Potential Pitfall in PSMA PET for Prostate Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Sep;41(9):699-700. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001296.

Abstract

We present a case of an 81-year-old man with multifocal Paget disease found on bone scan that was performed for incidentally diagnosed prostate cancer. The subsequent Ga-PSMA (HBED-CC) PET scan also displayed increased uptake in the same distribution. Multiple known tumors display increased Ga-PSMA uptake due to neovasculature. We postulate that increased Ga-PSMA uptake within the pagetoid bone relates to neovascularity known to occur in Paget disease. Such pagetic uptake could result in false-positive studies for bone metastases, particularly in the setting of less typical Paget disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antigens, Surface / metabolism
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Gallium Radioisotopes / metabolism
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteitis Deformans / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography* / methods
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Surface
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • N,N'-bis(2-hydroxy-5-(ethylene-beta-carboxy)benzyl)ethylenediamine N,N'-diacetic acid
  • Edetic Acid
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II