Case Report
2013 June
Volume : 1 Issue : 2


Isolated splenic metastases of breast carcinoma detected with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Pushpalatha, Praveen Singa, Amber Papalkar, Raghu Ram P

Pdf Page Numbers :- 65-68

Pushpalatha¹,*, Praveen Singa1, Amber Papalkar2 and Raghu Ram P3

 

1Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET – CT, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

2Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

3Breast Unit, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

 

*Corresponding author: Dr. Pushpalatha Sudhakar, DNB, Consultant Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET – CT, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India, Email: pushpasudhakar@yahoo.co.in

 

Received 22 April 2013; Revised 25 May 2013; Accepted 5 June 2013

 

Citation: Pushpalatha Sudhakar, Praveen Singa, Amber Papalkar, Raghu Ram P. Isolated splenic metastases of breast carcinoma detected with 18F FDG PET/CT. J Med Sci Res 2013; 1(2): 65-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2013/1-012

 

Copyright: © 2013 Pushpalatha Sudhakar et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

18-fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography integrated with Computed Tomography (18F-FDG PET- CT) on staging work up in a case of invasive duct cell carcinoma detected unusual presence of isolated spelnic metastases without any other visceral involvement. Following neo adjuvant chemotherapy complete regression of splenic metastases was evident on post therapy scan. This case is being reported because of the rare diagnosis of isolated splenic metastases on PET CT in preoperative staging work up of breast carcinoma. 

 

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET- CT; Splenic metastases; Breast carcinoma

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