Asymptomatic Distant Subcutaneous Metastases Detected by 18 F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Breast Carcinoma

Kuruva Manohar; Bhagwant Mittal; Anish Bhattacharya; Gurpreet Singh

doi:10.4103/1450-1147.98742

World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2012; 11(01): 24-25
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.98742

Case Report

Asymptomatic Distant Subcutaneous Metastases Detected by ¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Breast Carcinoma

Authors

Kuruva Manohar

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Bhagwant Mittal

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Anish Bhattacharya

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Gurpreet Singh

¹Department of General Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Abstract

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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.

Keywords

Breast cancer - ¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT - skin metastases

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