Benign High-Flow Priapism With a Diffuse and Intense
18
F-FDG
Uptake on
18
F-FDG PET/CT Scanning
Zakieh Nasiri, MD,* Soroush Zarehparvar Moghadam, MD,* Zahra Kiamanesh, MD,*
Farshad Emami, MD,† and Ramin Sadeghi, MD*
Abstract: We present benign high-flow priapism with intensive
18
F-FDG
uptake as an unusual finding in a case of testicular teratocarcinoma with a
history of left orchiectomy and chemotherapy.
18
F-FDG PET/CT scan
showed pulmonary metastases, left obturator node involvement, and intense
18
F-FDG uptake in the penis. Upon examination, the patient had a painless
erection that lasted for couple of days. Because of pulmonary metastases,
second-line chemotherapy regimen was started by his physician. The
patient's priapism resolved spontaneously, with no episode of recurrence at
2 years' follow-up.
Key Words:
18
F-FDG uptake, benign, priapism
(Clin Nucl Med 2019;44: e442–e444)
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Received for publication December 29, 2018; revision accepted April 1, 2019.
From the *Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical
Sciences; and †Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Department, Imam
Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran.
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.
Correspondence to: Ramin Sadeghi, MD, Nuclear Medicine Research Center,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ahmad Abad St, Ali Shariati
Square, Mashhad, Iran, 91766-99199. E-mail: sadeghir@mums.ac.ir;
raminsadeghi1355@yahoo.com.
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