FDG PET/CT in a Pregnant Woman With Breast Cancer. (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Drouet, Clément; Vrigneaud, Jean-Marc; Desmoulins, Isabelle; Cochet, Alexandre
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 7(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: breast cancer -- FDG -- fetal dosimetry -- PET/CT -- pregnancy; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003045
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: This 37-year-old woman was diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy. After multidisciplinary meeting, she was referred to our department for an FDG PET/CT for staging, and chemotherapy with weekly infusion of paclitaxel was initiated before childbirth. We estimated the fetal dose from the PET/CT procedure, and our results show that, if deemed necessary, this examination can reasonably be performed during pregnancy. The patient gave birth vaginally at term to an apparently healthy girl.