Renal Hücreli Tümör ile Takip Edilen Olguda PET/BT ile Tesbit Edilen İntramüsküler Metastazlar

Authors : Volkan Beylergil, Özlem Er, Züleyha Çalikuşu, Erkan Vardareli

Pages : 49-50

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Publication Date : 2010-03-01

Article Type : Other

Abstract :Skeletal muscle is an extremely uncommon site for metastases. We report a 47 year old male patient with a previous history of left radical nephrectomy due to renal cell carcinoma. Initial PET/CT scan in in March 2008 showed a slightly hypermetabolic focus in the right infraspinatus muscle consistent with solitary intramuscular metastasis. A repeat PET/CT scan in July 2009 revealed metabolic progression of right intraspinatus metastasis as well as other foci in right rectus abdominis, piriformis and left vastus medialis muscles. PET/CT is useful for the detection of intramuscular metastases of renal cell carcinoma. Increased focal FDG uptake in muscle groups should be carefully evaluated when reading PET scans
Keywords : renal cell carcinoma, PET, skeletal muscle