Adrenal and Bone Metastases as the Initial Presentation of Endometrial Carcinoma Diagnosed by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Sep;45(9):711-713. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003123.

Abstract

Adrenal and bone metastases as the initial presentation of endometrial carcinoma are rare. We report a case of endometrial carcinoma in a 47-year-old woman with initial manifestation as right chest wall pain, which was suspected as adrenal cortical carcinoma with rib metastasis after diagnostic CT scan. However, uterine and pelvic bone lesions were revealed by staging FDG PET/CT. Eventually, endometrial carcinoma with adrenal and bone metastases was confirmed pathologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18