title: Unsuspected uterine metastasis of breast carcinoma diagnosed by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman with a history of bilateral lobular carcinoma of the breast in 1995 and 2001 was treated with mastectomy, axillary lymphadenectomy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy which achieved a complete response. In 2009, the patient developed a progressive elevation of tumor markers. A CT scan was performed showing no suspicious malignant lesions. She was referred for (18)F-FDG PET/CT and the images revealed highly increased tracer uptake in the uterus suggestive of malignancy. The patient underwent hysterectomy with bilateral double adnexectomy and a histopathological diagnosis of massive carcinomatous infiltration of breast lobular carcinoma was done.
authors.affiliation: From the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Iglesias
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uña-Gorospe
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Allende-Riera
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Sequera-Rahola
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cárdenas-Negro
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18