Open AccessA rare case of extensive skeletal muscle metastases in adenocarcinoma cervix identified by18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan
Author(s) -
Madan Gopal Vishnoi,
Anurag Jain,
Arun John,
Dharmesh Paliwal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.183609
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , cervix , adenocarcinoma , radiology , lesion , fluorodeoxyglucose , carcinoma , computed tomography , nuclear medicine , pathology , cancer
Adenocarcinoma cervix is an uncommon histological subtype of carcinoma cervix; further incidence of skeletal muscle metastases is even rarer. We report the identification of extensive fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) avid metastatic skeletal muscle deposits in a known case of adenocarcinoma cervix. The largest lesion representative of muscle deposit in the right deltoid was histopathologically confirmed to be metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma. This report also serves to highlight the importance of (18)F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) as compared to conventional imaging modalities such as CT and ultrasonography and comments better over the description of invasiveness as well as the extent of disease in carcinoma cervix.