Uncommon Metastases From Occult Breast Cancer Revealed by 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-FAPI PET/CT.

Xu, Weizhi; Meng, Tinghua; Shang, Qihang; Pang, Yizhen; Chen, Haojun · Clin Nucl Med · 2022

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Metastases to gastrointestinal tract from breast cancer are very rare and can be diagnostically challenging. In this case, we reported 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-FAPI PET/CT findings in a 54-year-old women with such uncommon metastases from breast cancer. Although the primary tumor of breast cancer remained radiologically occult, 68 Ga-FAPI PET/CT showed a far better tumor-to-background ratio than 18 F-FDG PET/CT for detecting the metastatic lesions, especially for detecting the retroperitoneal lymph node and rectal metastases.

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