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Polyostotic feet acrometastases from breast carcinoma demonstrated on [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging
Affiliations- Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
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Abstract
Acrometastases are rare. Less than 0.01% of patients have metastasis in the foot bone. Polyostotic metastasis in the foot is extremely rare. We report a 50-year-old woman who complained of progressive pain and swelling in the right foot after radical right mastectomy for 4 years. [18F]FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple mixed bone destruction in the right foot with intense [18F]FDG PET/CT uptake. CT-guided calcaneus biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma.
Abstract
Acrometastases are rare. Less than 0.01% of patients have metastasis in the foot bone. Polyostotic metastasis in the foot is extremely rare. We report a 50-year-old woman who complained of progressive pain and swelling in the right foot after radical right mastectomy for 4 years. [18F]FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple mixed bone destruction in the right foot with intense [18F]FDG PET/CT uptake. CT-guided calcaneus biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma.
Keywords
acrometastases; breast carcinoma; [18F]FDG PET/CT
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Polyostotic feet acrometastases from breast carcinoma demonstrated on [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging
Journal
Issue
Vol 26 (2023): Continuous Publishing
Article type
Clinical vignette
Pages
44-45
Published online
2023-02-16
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2023;26:44-45.
Keywords
acrometastases
breast carcinoma
[18F]FDG PET/CT
Authors
Hangyu Xie
Liu Xiao
Lin Li
