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Case Reports
. 2015 Apr;40(4):328-9.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000709.

Detection of brain metastasis with 68Ga-labeled PSMA ligand PET/CT: a novel radiotracer for imaging of prostate carcinoma

Partha Sarathi Chakraborty  1 , Rajiv Kumar, Madhavi Tripathi, Chandan Jyoti Das, Chandrasekhar Bal
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Detection of brain metastasis with 68Ga-labeled PSMA ligand PET/CT: a novel radiotracer for imaging of prostate carcinoma

Partha Sarathi Chakraborty et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

Brain metastasis in prostate cancer is rare and not expected at initial presentation especially when the patient is asymptomatic for the same. A 45-year-old male patient undergoing initial evaluation for newly diagnosed prostatic adenocarcinoma was referred to our department for 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy. As part of the study protocol, he also underwent Glu-NH-CO-NH-Lys-(Ahx)-[Ga-68(HBED-CC)] (68Ga-PSMA) PET/CT, which revealed tracer accumulation in brain lesions, apart from localization in the primary, lymph node, and bone metastases. A subsequent MR evaluation confirmed brain metastases.

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