Targeted Prostate Gland Biopsy With Combined Transrectal Ultrasound, mpMRI, and 18F-FMAU PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Aug;40(8):e426-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000814.

Abstract

We report on a 61-year-old man with elevated serum prostate-specific antigen level of 10.5 ng/mL who had undergone prior negative standard transrectal ultrasound biopsy at another institution. He was referred to our medical center for evaluation and underwent a clinical 3-T multiparametric MRI and a research protocol PET/CT with the cellular proliferation radiotracer (18)F-FMAU (2'-deoxy-2'-[(18)F]fluoro-5-methyl-1-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil). The PET/CT and multiparametric MRI were fused with transrectal ultrasound images for real-time hybrid image-based targeting of the biopsy needle. PET/CT with (18)F-FMAU was helpful in localizing the nonstandard biopsy sites that on histopathology revealed suspected tumor deposits.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Arabinofuranosyluracil / analogs & derivatives
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Arabinofuranosyluracil
  • clevudine