ABSTRACT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with C-choline is an established diagnostic tool for restaging prostate cancer patients with biochemical failure after primary treatment. In the present case, C-choline PET/CT was performed in a prostate cancer patient with skeletal metastases, treated with hormonal therapy. In addition to the detection of pathologic uptake at prostate and vertebra, C-choline uptake occurred in the neck. The finding was suggestive for a parathyroid adenoma on subsequent ultrasound, then finally confirmed by parathyroid scintigraphy and histopathological analysis performed after hemithyroidectomy.
Mapelli, P., Busnardo, E., Magnani, P., Freschi, M., Picchio, M., Gianolli, L., et al. (2012). Incidental Finding of Parathyroid Adenoma With 11C-Choline PET/CT. CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 37(6), 593-595 [10.1097/RLU.0b013e31824c5ffc].
Incidental Finding of Parathyroid Adenoma With 11C-Choline PET/CT
MAPELLI, PAOLA;BUSNARDO, ELENA;MESSA, MARIA CRISTINA
2012
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with C-choline is an established diagnostic tool for restaging prostate cancer patients with biochemical failure after primary treatment. In the present case, C-choline PET/CT was performed in a prostate cancer patient with skeletal metastases, treated with hormonal therapy. In addition to the detection of pathologic uptake at prostate and vertebra, C-choline uptake occurred in the neck. The finding was suggestive for a parathyroid adenoma on subsequent ultrasound, then finally confirmed by parathyroid scintigraphy and histopathological analysis performed after hemithyroidectomy.
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