RT  - European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
ID  - 10.12892/ejgo4991.2019
T1  - A rare case of false positive metastatic nodes detected at PET/CT scan six months after the laparoscopic treatment of a patient with endometrial cancer
A1  - R. Tinelli
A1  - S. Guicciardini
A1  - S. Uccella
A1  - E. Cicinelli
A1  - F. Romano
A1  - G. Trojano
K1  - Endometrial cancer; Laparoscopy; Lymphadenectomy; PET-CT; Recurrence.
YR  - 2019
SP  - 1039
AB  - <p>A 61-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital with a diagnosis of a poorly differentiated endometrioid carcinoma with myometrial invasion greater than 50 % (IBG3) at MRI. A laparoscopic surgical treatment with peritoneal washing, a type A radical hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy were programmed. Six months later the patient underwent a PET/CT scan that diagnosed a suspected recurrence into the lymph node tissue laterally to the left common iliac artery. Then, the patient underwent a second laparoscopic procedure for dissection of the positive tissue at PET/CT scan on the external site of common iliac artery. At histological examination the dissected two lymph nodes were negative for metastasis and the patient was regularly dis-charged three days after laparoscopy.</p>