title: FDG PET/CT of a late-term pregnant woman with breast cancer.
abstract: A 38-year-old pregnant woman at 26-week gestation with left breast cancer requested an FDG PET/CT scan for more detailed staging of her breast cancer before treatment. After discussing the potential radiation-related risk and estimating possible absorbed dose to fetus, she consented for examination. By using a low-radiation-dose CT protocol and administration of routine 370-MBq FDG without diuresis, the resultant calculated (using existing models to predict fetal radiation exposure) fetal dose from CT and FDG would be 3.60 mGy and 6.29 mGy, respectively. In contrast to the existing few literatures, our case also demonstrated previously unreported uptake in the fetal kidneys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Te-Chun
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Yu-Chin
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shung-Shung
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lu-Yen
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Kuo-Yang
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Chia-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third / Q000378:metabolism*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18