PET/CT in a patient with adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jun;36(6):468-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31820aa346.

Abstract

The findings of positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) in a patient with FIGO stage IIA adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix are described in this article. PET/CT showed that the cervical tumor was intensely hypermetabolic with no evidence of disease spread. However, lymphadenectomy revealed metastatic spread to paraaortic lymph nodes. PET/CT may be useful in identifying primary site of disease in patients with adenoma malignum; however, the utility in detecting metastatic nodal disease remains to be determined.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / physiopathology