title: PET/CT in a patient with adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix.
abstract: The findings of positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) in a patient with FIGO stage IIA adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix are described in this article. PET/CT showed that the cervical tumor was intensely hypermetabolic with no evidence of disease spread. However, lymphadenectomy revealed metastatic spread to paraaortic lymph nodes. PET/CT may be useful in identifying primary site of disease in patients with adenoma malignum; however, the utility in detecting metastatic nodal disease remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Hadley J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Chelsea C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Pinnix
authors.forename: Anuja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jhingran
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Euscher
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rohren
authors.forename: Pedro T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ramirez
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology