Rhabdomyosarcoma Revealed by a Breast Metastasis. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Luporsi, Marie; Cassou-Mounat, Thibaut; Amiot, Henri-Marc; Laurence, Valerie; Jehanno, Nina
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 43:Number 3(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: 18F-FDG -- adult -- alveolar -- breast -- extremities -- FDG -- foot -- metastasis -- PET/CT -- rhabdomyosarcoma; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001971
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 38-year-old woman was referred for staging of an alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma revealed by a breast metastasis with unknown primary. Whole-body 18 F-FDG PET/CT localized the primary tumor as an asymptomatic soft tissue lesion of the right foot with a significant uptake. PET/CT detected hepatic and pancreatic metastases and also showed a multifocal bone marrow involvement, which was not detected by the contrast-enhanced CT. These results led to a significant change in treatment management as the patient received local radiotherapy of the primitive lesion and polychemotherapy.