Complete scintigraphic resolution of a bone metastasis after androgen-deprivation therapy

Abstract

99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) whole body bone scintigraphy is a frequently used imaging method for the evaluation of the bone metastases of prostate cancer. Nuclear medicine imaging modalities are very valuable in terms of functional assessment and treatment response assessment of the malign lesions that cannot be detected by anatomic imaging methods. However, it is known that some scintigraphic studies may have a relatively limited role in defining resolution and anatomical details of the lesion, compared to some radiological imaging modalities. Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) alone is rarely effective for the treatment of bone metastases, on that account combined systemic therapies are often preferred. Here we present a rare case of prostate cancer with radiologically undetectable bone metastasis evident on scintigraphy that has disappeared after 18 months of ADT.

Keywords

• Whole body scan,Prostate cancer,Metastasis,Tomography

Androjen-Deprivasyon tedavisi ile regrese olan kemik metastazının sintigrafik değerlendirmesi

Abstract

99mTc-metilen difosfonat (MDP) tüm vücut kemik sintigrafisi prostat kanserinin kemik metastazlarını değerlendirmede sıklıkla kullanılmaktadır. Anatomik görüntüleme yöntemleri ile saptanamayan malign lezyonların fonksiyonel olarak izlenebilmesi ve tedaviye yanıtının değerlendirilebilmesi açısından nükleer tıp tetkikleri çok değerlidir. Bununla birlikte sintigrafik yöntemlerin rezolüsyon ve anatomik detayları belirlemede bazı radyolojik tetkiklere göre sınırlı olabildiği bilinmektedir. Kemik metastazlarının tedavisinde sıklıkla kombine sistemik tedaviler tercih edilmekte olup, androjen-deprivasyon tedavisi (ADT) tek başına nadiren etkilidir. Burada bilgisayarlı tomografi ile saptanamayan, 18 ay ADT ile regrese olan kemik metastazlı nadir prostat kanserli bir olguyu sunuyoruz.

Keywords

• Tüm vücut görüntüleme,Prostat kanseri,Metastaz,Tomografi

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