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Uterine metastasis from invasive ductal breast carcinoma mimicking fibroid features on MRI and detected by FDG PET/CT: role of SUVmax

  • M. El Homsi1
  • A. Barakat1
  • R. Rammal'2
  • M. Haidar1,*,

1Department of Diagnostic Radiology,Lebanon

2Department of Pathology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut ,Lebanon

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo4771.2019 Vol.40,Issue 6,December 2019 pp.1079-1082

Published: 10 December 2019

*Corresponding Author(s): M. Haidar E-mail: mh209@aub.edu.lb

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Abstract

Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the uterus. In particular, lobular carcinoma of the breast more commonly spreads to the uterus when compared to invasive ductal carcinoma. PET-CT can be a tool to differentiate between fibroids and metastasis based on the max-imum standardized uptake value (SUVmax). The authors report the case of a 37-year-old female with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) having significantly fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid masses on PET-CT which were later found to be metastases.

Keywords

Breast cancer; Fibroids; Metastases; PET-CT.

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M. El Homsi,A. Barakat,R. Rammal,M. Haidar. Uterine metastasis from invasive ductal breast carcinoma mimicking fibroid features on MRI and detected by FDG PET/CT: role of SUVmax. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2019. 40(6);1079-1082.

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https://www.ejgo.net/articles/10.12892/ejgo4771.2019

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