title: Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast with liver and bone metastasis detected with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography.
abstract: Cases of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the breast have been reported, though rare. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman presented with jaundice and evaluated to have liver metastasis from neuroendocrine origin. She underwent whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography, which showed left breast lesion and bone metastasis. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of breast revealed a NEC. A diagnosis of a primary NEC of the breast was rendered with hepatic and bone metastasis. She was treated with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and is on follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, and Radionuclide Therapy, Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Koramadai Karuppusamy
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kamaleshwaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, and Radionuclide Therapy, Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Vyshak
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mohanan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, and Radionuclide Therapy, Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Deepu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shibu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, and Radionuclide Therapy, Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Edathuruthy Kalarikal
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, and Radionuclide Therapy, Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Ajit Sugunan
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shinto
keywords: 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography; hepatic metatsasis; primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast; skeletal metastasis