Solitary Increase of C-Choline Uptake in an Enchondroma Patient with Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer
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We report the case of a 72-yr-old prostate cancer patient with biochemical failure (PSA = 2.8 ng/mL) after radical prostatectomy in whom both bone scintigraphy and C-choline PET/CT detected an isolated focal pathological activity in the proximal diaphysis of the left tibia. Surgery was performed and histological analysis revealed enchondroma. The finding is discussed on the basis of the specificity of radiolabeled choline for prostate cancer vs. other tumors or inflammation processes. Particularly, proliferation or concomitant inflammatory processes associated with bone remodeling in enchondroma are discussed and related to C-choline uptake.
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