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Case Reports
. 2019 Nov;44(11):916-919.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002752.

68Ga-PSMA Uptake in Escherichia coli Spondylodiscitis

Søren Klingenberg  1 , Mads Ryø Jochumsen  1 , Bodil Ginnerup Pedersen  2 , Kirsten Bouchelouche  1
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68Ga-PSMA Uptake in Escherichia coli Spondylodiscitis

Søren Klingenberg et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

In a patient with recently diagnosed intermediate-risk prostate cancer, Ga-prostate-specific-membrane-antigen (PSMA) PET/CT for primary staging discovered increased Ga-PSMA uptake in spondylodiscitis in the thoracic spine. The bacteria Escherichia coli was found both in blood cultures and bone biopsies from the thoracic lesion. This case presents spondylodiscitis as a potential benign pitfall to be aware of when interpreting PSMA PET/CT in prostate cancer patients.

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