Metastatic invasive lobular breast cancer presenting as linitis plastica of the colon: Tumour characterization using [18 F]FES PET/MRI

Tetsuya Tsujikawa; Mizuho Takahashi; Hiroyuki Maeda; Tetsuya Mori; Akira Makino; Yasushi Kiyono; Yoshiaki Imamura; Takanori Goi; Hidehiko Okazawa

doi:10.1111/1754-9485.13333

Metastatic invasive lobular breast cancer presenting as linitis plastica of the colon: Tumour characterization using [¹⁸ F]FES PET/MRI

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2022 Aug;66(5):634-636. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13333. Epub 2021 Sep 21.

Authors

Tetsuya Tsujikawa¹, Mizuho Takahashi², Hiroyuki Maeda², Tetsuya Mori¹, Akira Makino¹, Yasushi Kiyono¹, Yoshiaki Imamura³, Takanori Goi², Hidehiko Okazawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
² First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
³ Division of Surgical Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.

PMID: 34545689
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.13333

Abstract

Metastatic invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC) to the colon is rare and usually ER-positive. We present an ER-negative case of metastatic ILC presenting as linitis plastica of the colon where [¹⁸ F]FES PET/MRI allowed the evaluation of the ER phenotypic transformation in the colonic metastasis from the ER-positive breast ILC in vivo.

Keywords: FES; PET/MRI; estrogen receptor; invasive lobular cancer.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
Carcinoma, Lobular* / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Lobular* / secondary
Colon / pathology
Female
Humans
Linitis Plastica* / diagnostic imaging
Linitis Plastica* / pathology
Linitis Plastica* / secondary
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Stomach Neoplasms*