False-positive result in 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT due to incidental and ectopic parathyroid hyperplasia

Thomas Cazaentre; Florence Clivaz; Frédéric Triponez

doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a77b62

False-positive result in 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT due to incidental and ectopic parathyroid hyperplasia

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Jun;39(6):e328-30. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a77b62.

Authors

Thomas Cazaentre¹, Florence Clivaz, Frédéric Triponez

Affiliation

¹ From the *Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Units, Department of Medical Imaging, Hôpitaux Neuchatelois, La Chaux-de-Fonds; †Department of Hemodialysis, Hôpital de la Providence, Neuchâtel; and ‡Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève, Switzerland.

PMID: 24152627
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a77b62

Abstract

PET/CT with F-fluorocholine (a positron-labeled choline analog) is currently used as a diagnostic tool for restaging prostate cancer patients with increasing prostate-specific antigen. We present an unusual case of a false-positive result using F-fluorocholine PET/CT because of incidental and ectopic parathyroid hyperplasia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Choline / analogs & derivatives*
False Positive Reactions
Humans
Hyperplasia
Incidental Findings*
Male
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging*
Parathyroid Glands / diagnostic imaging*
Parathyroid Glands / pathology*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

fluorocholine
Choline