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[68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Detection of Perineural Invasion in Prostate Cancer
Sana Munir Gill1, Fatima Yousaf2, Mairah Razi2
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan; and sanamunir@skm.org.pk.
Abstract:
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer and third leading cause of mortality in males. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane protein that is overexpressed by 100- to 1000-fold in PCa. [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT plays an important role in the staging, restaging, and surveillance of PCa. We present the case of a 78-y-old man with previously treated high-risk PCa who developed biochemical recurrence, where [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT demonstrated tumor spread along sacral nerve roots and the sciatic nerve, suggestive of perineural invasion.