Kulkarni Pramukh, Shankaramurthy Gayana, Belathur Vivek, Ravindra B S
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET CT, Fortis Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Medical Oncology, Fortis Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Nucl Med. 2025 Jan-Feb;40(1):36-39. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_105_24. Epub 2025 May 16.
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast is distinct among breast cancer subtypes due to its unique metastatic patterns, including the involvement of the liver, genital tract, and gastrointestinal tract. As ILC often exhibits low-grade fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) avidity, the role of fluorine-18 FDG (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in evaluating this subtype remains under re-explored. This case report highlights a rare presentation of ILC of the right breast with concurrent gastric and uterine metastases detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT, emphasizing its diagnostic utility.
乳腺浸润性小叶癌(ILC)在乳腺癌亚型中较为独特,因其具有独特的转移模式,包括肝脏、生殖道和胃肠道受累。由于ILC通常表现出低级别氟脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)摄取,氟-18 FDG(F-18 FDG)正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(PET/CT)在评估该亚型中的作用仍有待重新探索。本病例报告强调了F-18 FDG PET/CT检测到的右乳腺ILC并发胃和子宫转移的罕见表现,强调了其诊断效用。