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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2013; 34(02): 128-129
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.116217
IMAGES IN ONCOLOGY

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

Prathamesh Joshi
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET CT, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Vikram Lele
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET CT, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Reetu Jain
Department of Oncology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Shaila Khubchandani
Department of Histopathology and Electron Microscopy, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Shraddha Sinhasan
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Breast carcinoma - estrogen receptor positive - fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography - stomach metastasis - second primary neoplasm


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Article published online:
20 July 2021

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