Uptake of 18F-Fluciclovine in Paget Disease.

Clin Nucl Med

From the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University.

Published: November 2019

Since its recent approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration, fluciclovine PET-CT has gained widespread use for imaging of recurrent prostate cancer patients. As an amino acid-based radiotracer transported by LAT-1 and ASCT-2 transporters, fluciclovine exploits the up-regulation of amino acid transporters in malignant cells. We present a rare case of fluciclovine uptake in Paget disease in a 58-year-old man with suspected recurrent prostate cancer and asymmetric increased left hemipelvic uptake on imaging.

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