Incidental 18F-PSMA Uptake in a Traumatic Penile Neuroma Detected in a Patient Undergoing PET/CT Imaging for Prostate Cancer
An 86-year-old man with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer underwent an 18 F-DCFPyL (piflufolastat F-18, also known as 18 F-PSMA) PET/CT scan for re-staging purposes and to guide further treatment planning. At the time of imaging, his serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was 3 ng/mL. The PET/CT scan incidentally revealed a focus of increased 18 F-DCFPyL uptake corresponding to a soft tissue nodule within the right aspect of the penile shaft. An initial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of the nodule was nondiagnostic. The patient subsequently underwent surgical excision of the lesion with wide local resection. Histopathologic analysis confirmed the diagnosis of a traumatic neuroma.
Authors
- Gregory Ravizzini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4659-5180)
- Tania Platero-Portillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-9409)
- Lucia Martiniova
- Pablo Zurita
- Guofan Xu
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2026-07-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0000000000006602
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00