Diagnosis of Primary Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Vagina by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Apr;44(4):332-333. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002463.

Abstract

A 41-year-old woman presented with irregular vaginal bleeding, and a vaginal tumor was found and proved to be a clear cell carcinoma by biopsy. An F-FDG PET/CT was performed to exclude its metastatic possibility, which showed the vaginal tumor was the only lesion with F-FDG avidity. The vaginectomy and hysterectomy were performed to resect the lesion, and primary clear cell carcinoma of the vagina was finally diagnosed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18