Case report: Systemic tuberculosis with prostate involvement mimicking prostate cancer with multiple metastases on ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-PSMA PET/CT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prostate tuberculosis is a common form of urogenital tuberculosis that occurs in men. Clinical and imaging manifestations of prostate tuberculosis are atypical, which often need to be differentiated from benign prostatic hyperplasia, a prostate malignant tumor, and a urinary tract infection. Although prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is considered a specific biomarker for prostate cancer, it is also found within tuberculosis tissues that may be stimulated by angiogenic factors. An abnormal PSMA uptake on positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) should eliminate the possibility of tuberculosis.

Case report

In this study, we reported a case of a 51-year-old man with an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) but a normal

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349513 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature