Diagnosis and follow-up of chronic bacterial prostatitis with recurrent urinary tract infection detected by 67Ga scintigraphy and SPECT/CT - Abstract

Half of male populations will have symptoms and signs of prostatitis in their lifetime.

There is controversy concerning diagnosis of prostatitis with ⁶⁷Ga scintigraphy because the focal midline pelvic uptake is usually considered to be physiologic uptake in colon. The authors describe ⁶⁷Ga scintigraphy and SPECT/CT findings of a 58-year-old man with right flank pain and fever. The examination demonstrated abnormal uptake of ⁶⁷Ga within the prostate and right kidney upper pole, suggesting prostatitis and acute pyelonephritis (APN) contemporary. After completion of antibiotic treatment, follow-up scintigraphy and SPECT/CT showed complete resolution of APN, but uptake remained within the prostate.

Written by:
Kim JH, Baek JH, Lee JS, Hyun IY.   Are you the author?
Departments of Radiology, Internal Medicine, and Nuclear Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Reference: Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Nov;38(11):904-907.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31829f8b25

PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24089068

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