Intracranial Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis from Breast Cancer Detected on 18F-FDG PET.

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  • Bradley J Carra
  • Michael N Clemenshaw
چکیده

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 (18)F-FDG PET/CT, despite its low sensitivity for detection of CNS metastases from non-CNS primary tumors.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of nuclear medicine technology

دوره 43 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015