Beyond the Usual Suspects: Abdominal Wall Metastases in Prostate Cancer Diagnosed by 68Ga-PMSA PET/CT

Authors

  • Sharjeel Usmani Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research center (SQCCCRC), Muscat Oman.
  • Khulood Al Riyami Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research center (SQCCCRC), Muscat Oman.
  • Anjali Jain Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research center (SQCCCRC), Muscat Oman.
  • Zahida Niaz Department of Pathology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research center (SQCCCRC), Muscat Oman.
  • Raza Sayani Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research center (SQCCCRC), Muscat Oman.
  • Shah P Naumani Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University, New York USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-32

Abstract

68Ga-PMSA PET imaging has revolutionized both diagnosis and radioligand therapy selection in patients with
metastatic prostate cancer. We report the case of a 63-year-old man with prostate adenocarcinoma who underwent
radical prostatectomy followed by radiation therapy and ADT. Found to have rising PSA levels and referred for 68Ga-
PSMA PET/CT for restaging. 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT showed multiple suspicious 68Ga-PSMA PSMA avid mediastinal
lymph nodes and an avid lesion in the right lower anterior abdominal wall; suspicious for metastasis.
Ultrasonography guided biopsy showed metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma. In our cases, 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
identified the unexpected metastatic site which leads to change patient management and potentially improving
patient outcome.
Keywords: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT; prostate cancer; anterior abdominal wall metastasis.

Published

2025-03-18

How to Cite

Sharjeel Usmani, Khulood Al Riyami, Anjali Jain, Zahida Niaz, Raza Sayani, & Shah P Naumani. (2025). Beyond the Usual Suspects: Abdominal Wall Metastases in Prostate Cancer Diagnosed by 68Ga-PMSA PET/CT. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 75(04), 670–671. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-32

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