Pterygoid Base Pneumatization Simulating Residual Disease-A Pitfall of Structural Imaging in Juvenile Nasal Angiofibroma

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Oct 1;46(10):e496-e497. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003612.

Abstract

As prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression is universal in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, it is commonly used for specifically differentiating recurrences from surgical site reparative tissues. Postoperative contrast-enhanced MRI revealed a residual disease in the left pterygoid base, but there was no PET/CT uptake with 68Ga-labeled PSMA at the same site. In retrospect, in comparison with preoperative PET/CT, it was found that the pterygoid base pneumatization was showing enhancement in contrast-enhanced MRI and not in functional PSMA. Postoperative 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT is a useful clinical tool in ambivalent diagnostic conditions avoiding morbidities.

MeSH terms

  • Angiofibroma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Edetic Acid
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms*

Substances

  • Edetic Acid