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Unusual Metastatic Sites in Malignant Phyllodes Tumor Detected on FDG PET/CT.

Wai Ip LiKoon Kiu NgTing Kun Au YongBoom Ting Kung
Published in: World journal of nuclear medicine (2024)
Phyllodes tumor is a rare fibroepithelial neoplasm of the breast. This tumor tends to spread by hematogenous route, with common metastatic sites in the lungs, bones, and liver. Metastases to the pleura, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, and adrenal gland are rare. We present a case of a 52-year-old lady with malignant phyllodes tumor of breast undergone local tumor resection, followed by solitary lung metastasis with lobectomy, and subsequently diagnosed of multiple new metastatic sites in pleura, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, adrenal gland, and bone detected on 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography within 2 years.
Keyphrases
  • positron emission tomography
  • computed tomography
  • small cell lung cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • liver metastases
  • pet imaging