Incidental Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer by 18F-FDG PET-CT Imaging in a Patient During Post-operative Evaluation for Cecal Cancer

Authors

  • Pupree Mutsuddy National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Rashmi Kar National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Tapati Mandal National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Papia Akhter National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Khokon Kumar Nath National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Abu Bakker Siddique National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Shamim MF Begum National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjnm.v26i1.64666

Keywords:

18 F- FDG PET-CT, second primary malignancy, adenocarcinoma of prostate

Abstract

Incidental high fluorine-18 FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) uptake in well-differentiated prostate cancer is rare. We reported the case of a 75-year-old man who underwent a whole-body FDG PET-CT (positron emission tomography with computed tomography) scan for post-operative evaluation of caecal cancer and demonstrated no evidence of recurrence. However, a focal hypermetabolic lesion was detected in the right lateral lobe of the prostate. The patient’s prostatic biopsy from the right lobe revealed well-differentiated adenocarcinoma with a Gleason score of six and a raised serum PSA level. Incidental, focally intense FDG uptake in the prostate gland should be considered for further investigations to confirm the presence of prostate cancer.

Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 26(1): 51-53, 2023

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Published

2023-01-31

How to Cite

Mutsuddy, P. ., Kar, R. ., Mandal, T. ., Akhter, P. ., Nath, K. K. ., Siddique, M. A. B. ., & Begum, S. M. . (2023). Incidental Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer by 18F-FDG PET-CT Imaging in a Patient During Post-operative Evaluation for Cecal Cancer . Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 26(1), 51–53. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjnm.v26i1.64666

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2023)

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Case Reports

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