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Tiny Obturator Node Metastasis from Prostate Cancer Not Shown by FDG-PET/CT, CT, or MRI Detected by 11C-Choline PET/CT

K. Kitajima,Shingo Yamamoto,S. Odawara,Y. Kawanaka,Yukako Nakanishi,T. Hashimoto,Yusuke Yamada,Toru Suzuki,A. Kanematsu,M. Nojima,N. Kimura,Masataka Zouzumi,S. Hirota,K. Yamakado

Published 2018 in Case Reports in Oncology

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We report a 65-year-old male with histopathologically proven prostate cancer and multiple pelvic node metastases using a robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy procedure plus extended pelvic lymph node dissection. Positron emission tomography (PET) scan findings demonstrated a moderate accumulation of 11C-choline in a metastatic left obturator node sized 8 × 8 mm, though only a faint uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) was noted. 11C-choline PET/computed tomography (CT) may be useful for the diagnosis of a tiny metastatic lymph node not demonstrated by CT, magnetic resonance imaging, or FDG-PET/CT and to determine the need for an extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

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