title: Intramedullary spinal cord metastases from breast cancer: detection with (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 35-year-old woman, already treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy for a ductal carcinoma of the left breast, underwent an (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) scan for an increase of the serum markers carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cancer antigen 15.3 (CA15.3). The scan showed multiple FDG-avid lesions in the liver and bone. The images also detected two areas of uptake in the dorsal and lumbar spinal cord, which were suspicious for metastases; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gilardi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colandrea
authors.forename: Laura Lavinia
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Travaini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paganelli
keywords: 18F-FDG; PET/CT; breast cancer; spinal cord metastases