Metastases to Skeletal Muscles from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
- Author:
Seong Young KWON
1
;
Shin Young JEONG
;
Jung Joon MIN
;
In Jae OH
;
Young Chul KIM
;
Hee Seung BOM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Lung cancer; Skeletal muscle metastases; 18F-FDG; PET/CT
- MeSH: Aged; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung*; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Muscle, Skeletal*; Neoplasm Metastasis*; Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography*
- From:Journal of Lung Cancer 2007;6(2):91-91
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Hematogenous metastases to skeletal muscles are extremely rare metastases that may present as painful masses in the proximal skeletal muscles. The reasons for the rarity of metastatic tumors in skeletal muscle are not clear. However, the whole body coverage and high sensitivity of 18F-FDG PET/CT make it suitable for evaluating distant metastasis. We report here the findings of 18F-FDG PET/CT in a 66-year-old female with non-small cell lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) and multiple metastases to skeletal muscles
