Nonneoplastic Neuroma After Radical Prostatectomy Is Not a Mimicker of Lymph Node Metastases on 68Ga-PSMA Ligand PET/CT
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Abstract
Traumatic neuroma is frequently observed after surgery. PSMA expression has been demonstrated in neoplastic nerve sheath tumors, which may mimic metastases on PSMA imaging. In this case, histopathologic evaluation of a pelvic lesion with assumed intense tracer uptake on Ga-PSMA ligand PET/CT in a patient with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer revealed an amputation neuroma. However, immunohistochemical evaluation showed absent PSMA expression, and follow-up PET confirmed persistence of the metastasis. Unlike neoplastic nerve sheath tumors, traumatic neuroma does not show PSMA expression and is not a mimicker of metastases on Ga-PSMA PET/CT.
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Original language | English |
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ISSN | 0363-9762 |
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Publication status | Published - 10.2016 |
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Document Type:Editorial Material
PubMed | 27556791 |
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