J Lung Cancer.  2007 Dec;6(2):91-91. 10.6058/jlc.2007.6.2.91.

Metastases to Skeletal Muscles from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT

• Kwon SY
• Jeong SY
• Min JJ
• Oh IJ
• Kim YC
• Bom HS

• KMID: 1820251
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.6058/jlc.2007.6.2.91

Abstract

Hematogenous metastases to skeletal muscles are extremely rare metastases that may present as painful masses in the proximal skeletal muscles. The reasons for the rarity of metastatic tumors in skeletal muscle are not clear. However, the whole body coverage and high sensitivity of 18F-FDG PET/CT make it suitable for evaluating distant metastasis. We report here the findings of 18F-FDG PET/CT in a 66-year-old female with non-small cell lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) and multiple metastases to skeletal muscles

Keyword

Lung cancer; Skeletal muscle metastases; 18F-FDG; PET/CT

MeSH Terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung*
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Muscle, Skeletal*
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Figure

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  Fig. 1. 18F-FDG PET/CT image of a 66-year-old female patient with adenocarcinoma of lung showing a hypermetabolic mass in the left lower lobe (C, arrowhead) with multiple hypermetabolic lesions in the left upper arm and thigh (A, B, D, arrow), which revealed as metastatic adenocarcinoma by biopsy.