Uptake of an Acrochordon Incidentally Detected on 68Ga Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jun;42(6):461-462. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001650.

Abstract

Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT is a promising tool for imaging of prostate cancer. Ga-PSMA PET/CT uptake of prostate cancer and its metastases are reflective of significant overexpression of PSMA. However, PSMA expression of benign neoplasms and nonprostate epithelial malignancies is not very well defined. We report a moderate Ga-PSMA uptake of an acrochordon (skin tag), which was incidentally found in a patient referred for staging prostate cancer. Acrochordon is a frequent, small, soft, skin-colored or hyperpigmented, benign, and usually pedunculated neoplasm of the skin. Nuclear medicine physicians should be aware of it while reporting a Ga-PSMA PET/CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biological Transport
  • Edetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Edetic Acid / metabolism
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Male
  • Oligopeptides / metabolism*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / complications
  • Skin Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skin Diseases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Oligopeptides
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11
  • Edetic Acid