[18F]-FDG PET/CT of the Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in a Breast Cancer Patient: A Case Report

Kao, Chun-Hao and Gao, Hong-Wei and Ko, Kai-Hsiung and Liao, Guo-Shiou and Tsai, Chi-Jung (2021) [18F]-FDG PET/CT of the Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in a Breast Cancer Patient: A Case Report. Surgeries, 2 (3). pp. 231-236. ISSN 2673-4095

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Abstract

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is a useful functional image technique to evaluate the disease extent in many cancers, as well as differentiate benign disease from malignant metastasis. We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with breast cancer and suspected lung metastasis by conventional images. After FDG-PET/CT demonstrating faint, or even no FDG uptake in bilateral pulmonary nodules, accompanied with obvious uterine fibroids, benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) of the lung was included in a differential diagnosis and finally confirmed by surgical pathology. FDG PET/CT showed its value in the diagnosis of BML in the breast cancer patient who was misleading as lung metastasis during outpatient follow-up

Item Type: Article
Subjects: ArticleGate > Medical Science
Depositing User: APLOS Lib
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2022 04:21
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2022 04:21
URI: http://ebooks.pubstmlibrary.com/id/eprint/180

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