18F-Choline PET/CT in Leptomeningeal Breast Cancer Metastases. (February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cuppari, Lea; Reccia, Pasquale; Burei, Marta; Cervino, Anna Rita; Evangelista, Laura
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 44:Number 2(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-02
• Subjects: breast cancer -- leptomeningeal carcinomatosis -- 18F-choline -- fused PET/MRI; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002407
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: We describe a case of 47-year-old woman affected by human epidermal growth factor receptor-2–positive breast cancer with a diffuse leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. An intense uptake of 18 F-choline was reported at fused PET/MRI images in the brain, compatible with a diffuse leptomeningeal disease. This case highlights that 18 F-choline PET would be used for the identification of leptomeningeal involvement in patients affected by breast cancer, as a support of MRI images.