Incidental Detection of Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass on 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT in a Patient With Primary Prostate Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Dec;45(12):e525-e527. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003207.

Abstract

F-fluciclovine is a PET radiotracer approved for detection of recurrent prostate cancer, with utility in other malignancies being investigated. We present the case of a 71-year-old man with high-risk primary prostate cancer (Gleason score 9, prostate-specific antigen 34 ng/mL) and newly diagnosed lung adenocarcinoma. As part of a clinical trial (NCT03081884), preoperative F-fluciclovine PET/CT showed localized abnormal uptake in the prostate gland with extracapsular extension. Additionally, an incidental anterior mediastinal mass measuring 2.2 × 1.8 cm demonstrated abnormal radiotracer uptake. Biopsy of the mediastinal mass confirmed invasive lung adenocarcinoma with solid and acinar patterns and high programmed death 1 ligand expression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / pathology
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carboxylic Acids*
  • Cyclobutanes*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Male
  • Mediastinum / pathology*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Cyclobutanes
  • fluciclovine F-18