Intracranial leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer detected on 18F-FDG PET

Bradley J. Carra; Michael N. Clemenshaw

doi:10.2967/jnmt.114.148791

Intracranial leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer detected on ¹⁸F-FDG PET

Bradley J. Carra, Michael N. Clemenshaw

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Abstract

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is an uncommon manifestation of non-central nervous system (CNS) metastatic disease. Diagnosis, however, has important prognostic and treatment implications. We present a case in which intracranial leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from a primary breast cancer was detected with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, despite its low sensitivity for detection of CNS metastases from non-CNS primary tumors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	227-228
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.114.148791
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Breast cancer
F-FDG PET/CT
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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