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Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography

We present fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) findings in a case of breast carcinoma. The PET/CT findings in this case were suspicious of second primary neoplasm in the stomach. However, on endoscopic biopsy, the lesion was found to be stomach metastasi...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Prathamesh, Lele, Vikram, Jain, Reetu, Khubchandani, Shaila, Sinhasan, Shraddha
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049305
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116217
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author Joshi, Prathamesh
Lele, Vikram
Jain, Reetu
Khubchandani, Shaila
Sinhasan, Shraddha
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description We present fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) findings in a case of breast carcinoma. The PET/CT findings in this case were suspicious of second primary neoplasm in the stomach. However, on endoscopic biopsy, the lesion was found to be stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma with estrogen receptor positivity. Stomach is a rare site of breast carcinoma metastasis. Our case suggests that it is difficult to distinguish a stomach metastasis of breast cancer from a primary gastric cancer on the basis of clinical and imaging features. However, this differential diagnosis must be kept in mind and it is important to make such distinction because of its implications on patient management.
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spelling pubmed-37647342013-09-18 Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography Joshi, Prathamesh Lele, Vikram Jain, Reetu Khubchandani, Shaila Sinhasan, Shraddha Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Images in Oncology We present fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) findings in a case of breast carcinoma. The PET/CT findings in this case were suspicious of second primary neoplasm in the stomach. However, on endoscopic biopsy, the lesion was found to be stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma with estrogen receptor positivity. Stomach is a rare site of breast carcinoma metastasis. Our case suggests that it is difficult to distinguish a stomach metastasis of breast cancer from a primary gastric cancer on the basis of clinical and imaging features. However, this differential diagnosis must be kept in mind and it is important to make such distinction because of its implications on patient management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3764734/ /pubmed/24049305 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116217 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Images in Oncology
Joshi, Prathamesh
Lele, Vikram
Jain, Reetu
Khubchandani, Shaila
Sinhasan, Shraddha
Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title_full Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title_fullStr Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title_full_unstemmed Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title_short Stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title_sort stomach metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking primary gastric neoplasm on fluorodeoxy glucose–positron emission tomography–computed tomography
topic Images in Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049305
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116217
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