18F-Choline PET/CT in Leptomeningeal Breast Cancer Metastases

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Feb;44(2):e96-e97. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002407.

Abstract

We describe a case of 47-year-old woman affected by human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive breast cancer with a diffuse leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. An intense uptake of F-choline was reported at fused PET/MRI images in the brain, compatible with a diffuse leptomeningeal disease. This case highlights that F-choline PET would be used for the identification of leptomeningeal involvement in patients affected by breast cancer, as a support of MRI images.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningeal Carcinomatosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Meningeal Carcinomatosis / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • fluoromethylcholine
  • Choline