title: Disseminated Skeletal Muscle and Cardiac Metastasis from Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung Detected with FDG and FLT PET/CT.
abstract: Lung cancer is one of the leading cancers all over the world. Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (18F FDG) is useful for staging of the disease and decide the appropriate management. 3'-deoxy-3'-18 F-fluorothymidine (18F FLT) is a tracer being extensively evaluated currently and is said to represent tumor proliferation. Common sites of metastases from lung cancer include adrenal glands, bone, and brain. Muscle metastasis and cardiac metastasis are uncommon findings. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with metastases to multiple skeletal muscles and myocardium detected with both FDG and FLT PET/computed tomography (CT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Tarun Kumar
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sampanna Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rayamajhi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Rajender Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Basher
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Dheeraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Venkata Nagarjuna
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Maturu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
keywords: 18F fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; 3’-deoxy-3’-18 F-fluorothymidine PET/CT; Cardiac metastasis; muscle metastases; nonsmall-cell lung cancer