Active Lumbar Spondylodiscitis on [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mimicking Bone Metastasis

Florian Rosar; Caroline Burgard; Raffaele Gargiulo; Samer Ezziddin

doi:10.3390/diagnostics13243616

Diagnostics (Dec 2023)

Active Lumbar Spondylodiscitis on [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mimicking Bone Metastasis

Florian Rosar,
Caroline Burgard,
Raffaele Gargiulo,
Samer Ezziddin

Affiliations

Florian Rosar: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
Caroline Burgard: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
Raffaele Gargiulo: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
Samer Ezziddin: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13243616
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 24
p. 3616

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We report a [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan of a 71-year-old man with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and concomitant active lumbar spondylodiscitis, both PSMA-positive on a PET/CT scan. This interesting image should advise colleagues to consider spondylodiscitis as a differential diagnosis of PSMA-positive findings in the spine, particularly if intervertebral space and soft tissue are involved.

Published in Diagnostics

ISSN: 2075-4418 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diagnostics

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