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- Title
Prostate cancer with cyst formation detected by whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A case report.
- Authors
HAKUSHI KIM; SUNAO SHOJI; TETSURO TOMONAGA; MASANORI SHIMA; TOSHIRO TERACHI; TOYOAKI UCHIDA
- Abstract
The present study reports a case of prostate adenocarcinoma with cyst formation. A 72-year-old male diagnosed with multiple lung metastases at a local clinic was referred to Tokai University Hachioji Hospital (Tokyo, Japan) for detection of a primary lesion. Whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed strong accumulation of [18F]-fluoro-deoxy-2-glucose (FDG) in the small pelvis, and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 60x40-mm cystic lesion, with an irregular thickened wall, behind the prostate. The serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was elevated to 211.99 ng/ml, therefore, the patient underwent a transperineal prostate needle biopsy, and was diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma with cyst formation. Androgen deprivation therapy was administered for 8 months following the diagnosis of prostate cancer; consequently, the cyst reduced in size and the serum PSA level decreased to 0.14 ng/ml. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a malignant prostatic cyst detected by FDG-positron emission tomography/ computed tomography.
- Subjects
LUNG cancer -- Case studies; METASTASIS; CANCER invasiveness
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 5, p2037
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2014.2510