Open AccessAsymptomatic Distant Subcutaneous Metastases Detected by 18 F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Breast Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Manohar Kuruva,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Gurpreet Singh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/1450-1147.98742
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , positron emission tomography , breast cancer , radiology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , nuclear medicine , deoxyglucose , cancer , pathology
Cutaneous metastases from internal malignancies are rare with a reported incidence between 0.7% and 10%. We report a case with distant skin and subcutaneous metastases in abdominal skin from breast cancer detected on (18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging.