Small Bowel Metastases From Malignant Phyllodes Breast Tumor Detected by 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Meng Yuan; Bing Han; Nan Zhang; Lu Lu; Shuai Liu

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000004854

Small Bowel Metastases From Malignant Phyllodes Breast Tumor Detected by 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Nov 1;48(11):967-968. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004854. Epub 2023 Sep 18.

Authors

Meng Yuan, Bing Han¹, Nan Zhang², Lu Lu², Shuai Liu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
² From the Department of Breast Center, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan.

PMID: 37796182
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004854

Abstract

The most common sites of distant metastases are lung, bone, pleura, and mediastinum in malignant phyllodes breast tumors. However, small bowel metastasis from malignant phyllodes breast tumors is rare. We reported that using CT and FDG PET/CT imaging we identified a case with small bowel metastasis from breast cancer. PET/CT scan showed that high 18 F-FDG uptake occurred in the duodenum and jejunum. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry analyses further confirmed that malignant phyllodes tumors are derived from the breast.

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
Duodenal Neoplasms*
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Phyllodes Tumor* / diagnostic imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods
Positron-Emission Tomography

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18