Incidental Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease) Detected on 18 F-DCFPyL PET/CT.

Mardasi, Ebtesam; Russon, Andrew; Mansberg, Victor; Bui, Chuong; Mansberg, Robert · Clin Nucl Med · 2023

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 64-year-old man with recently diagnosed prostate adenocarcinoma and Gleason score 4 + 3 = 7 with a mildly elevated prostate-specific antigen of 5.17 μg/L was referred for 18 F-DCFPyL PET/CT for primary staging. The scan demonstrated incidental innumerable moderately avid subcutaneous nodules due to adiposis dolorosa (Dercum's disease), which is a rare adipose tissue disease.

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