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. 2025 May 12.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005969. Online ahead of print.

99mTc-PSMA Scintigraphy in Splenic Hemangioma

Ahmad Ghasemifard  1 , Amin Saber Tanha  2 , Faeze Rabani  2 , Amir Behforouz  1 , Emran Askari  2
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99mTc-PSMA Scintigraphy in Splenic Hemangioma

Ahmad Ghasemifard et al. Clin Nucl Med. .

Abstract

A 67-year-old man was referred for initial staging of prostate adenocarcinoma (Gleason score 4+3, 7/12 cores positive). A 99mTc-PSMA scintigraphy revealed localized uptake in the right prostate lobe (miTNM: T2mN0M0, and PRIMARY score: 5) and increased uptake in a hypo-dense splenic lesion (PSMA-RADS-3C), which was subsequently confirmed as a hemangioma on further evaluations. This case underscores the potential for false-positive 99mTc-PSMA uptake in splenic hemangiomas, highlighting the importance of considering this possibility in clinical practice.

Keywords: SPECT/CT; false-positive; prostate cancer; splenic hemangioma.

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Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.

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