Diffuse Intense 18 F-PSMA-1007 Uptake of the Breasts in a Woman With TFE3-Rearranged Renal Cell Carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Jul 1;49(7):693-694. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005260. Epub 2024 May 21.

Abstract

A 23-year-old woman presenting with gross hematuria was found to have a left renal mass suspicious for renal cell carcinoma on abdominal contrast-enhanced CT. An 18 F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT scan was performed for evaluating the renal mass. 18 F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT showed focal activity of the renal mass, which was a transcription factor E3-rearranged renal cell carcinoma proved after nephrectomy. Surprisingly, diffuse heterogeneous intense activity of the bilateral breasts and moderate activity of the right accessory breast was observed. There was no morphological abnormality of the bilateral breasts and right accessory breast on CT images, indicating physiological PSMA uptake.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors* / genetics
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors* / metabolism
  • Breast* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / metabolism
  • Female
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / metabolism
  • Niacinamide / analogs & derivatives
  • Oligopeptides
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • TFE3 protein, human
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
  • PSMA-1007
  • Oligopeptides
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
  • Niacinamide