Unsuspected metastatic male breast nodule from synovial sarcoma detected by FDG PET

被引:13
作者
Nair, N [1 ]
Basu, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Radiat Med Ctr, Bombay 400012, Maharashtra, India
关键词
F-18-FDG PET; synovial sarcoma; metastasis; male breast;
D O I
10.1097/01.rlu.0000156948.62084.50
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
The literature of serendipitous findings on whole-body FDG PET continues to grow. Whole-body FDG PET imaging of a 24-year-old man with treated synovial sarcoma of the right upper extremity showed an abnormal focus of activity over the right chest in addition to abnormal uptake in the lungs. On reexamination, he was found to have a hitherto unknown 2.5-cm mobile nodule in the right breast. Histopathology confirmed it to be metastasis from the synovial sarcoma. Extramammary malignancies metastasizing to the breast constitute approximately 2% of all breast tumors.(1-10)
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