Incidental Detection of a Radiation-Induced Soft-Tissue Sarcoma on 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT in a Patient Previously Treated for Prostate Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Aug;44(8):e501-e502. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002592.

Abstract

Radiation-induced sarcoma is a rare complication of radiation therapy. We describe the incidental detection of a radiation-induced undifferentiated soft-tissue sarcoma with increased uptake on Ga-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT in a prostate cancer patient previously treated with surgery and external-beam radiotherapy. Results were confirmed by histological analysis. Ga-PSMA is known to bind not only to PSMA-expressing prostate cancer cells but also to the neovasculature of various other solid tumors. A careful Ga-PSMA PET/CT review of previously irradiated areas is warranted so as not to miss radiation-induced sarcoma in prostate cancer patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins*
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / etiology

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11