title: Isolated asymptomatic skeletal muscle metastasis in a potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer: detection with FDG PET-CT scanning.
abstract: Asymptomatic skeletal muscle metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer is a rare event particularly when it is detected at initial staging. This report describes how whole body imaging with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT) detected a solitary asymptomatic metastasis to the gluteus maximus muscle in a potentially resectable case of non-small cell lung cancer, thereby changing the treatment plan from surgical resection to systemic chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Bioimaging Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharshtra 400012, India.
authors.forename: Nilendu C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Purandare
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
authors.forename: Conjeevaram S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pramesh
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajnish
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Sumeet G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dua
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18