Metastatic Male Breast Cancer With Increased Uptake on 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT Scan

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Jan;43(1):23-24. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001893.

Abstract

Prostate imaging with F-labeled 1-amino-3-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (FACBC, F-fluciclovine) PET/CT scan (Axumin) was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for men with suspected prostate cancer recurrence based on elevated blood prostate-specific antigen levels following prior treatment. We present a rare case of a 77-year-old man with suspected recurrent prostate cancer with an incidental finding of advanced-stage breast cancer showing different degrees of F-fluciclovine uptake.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biological Transport
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / metabolism*
  • Carboxylic Acids / metabolism*
  • Cyclobutanes / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Cyclobutanes
  • fluciclovine F-18