title: Renal cell carcinoma presenting as isolated deltoid muscle metastasis 12 years after radical nephrectomy detected on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We report a case of renal cell carcinoma detected to have isolated deltoid metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT 12 years after radical nephrectomy. Isolate muscle (deltoid) metastasis from renal cell carcinoma has not been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET, Cytology and Gynaecological Pathology and †General Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhoil
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.forename: Raje
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nijhawan
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D057645:Deltoid Muscle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18