Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma

Zehra Pınar Koç; Pınar Pelin Özcan; Emel Sezer; Ahmet Dağ; Ferah Tuncel Daloğlu; Tolgay Tuyan İlhan

Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma

Abstract

Objective: The F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging is a commonly preferred imaging modality for staging breast carcinoma. The gynecological tumors are more frequently present in patients with breast carcinoma compared to the general population. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical importance of the uterine and adnexal uptake observed incidentally in the F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging of breast carcinoma. Patients and Methods: The F-18 FDG PET/CT images (performed for staging or treatment response evaluation purposes) of the patients (sixty-six women, the mean age 49,5±12,6 years) with suspicious uterine and/or adnexal uptake were included in the study. The imaging results were compared with pelvic examination data as well as operative and pathology results. Results: In the imaging studies the increased FDG uptake sites were the primary tumor (mean 27, 3 (24,5) mm, SUVmax=31,3 (20) in 35 patients, and 22 patients additional axillar metastases and distant metastasis in 19 patient were observed. Among the patients involved in the study 29 had unilateral adnexal uptake and/or lesion and/or uterine uptake and others had suspicious findings without increased uptake. Conclusion: Referral of the patients for gynecological examination with coincident uterine and adnexal abnormal uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT would be the appropriate approach for the patients with the diagnosis of breast cancer.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Oncology and Carcinogenesis

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zehra Pınar Koç ^* This is me
0000-0002-3274-5790
Türkiye

Pınar Pelin Özcan This is me
0000-0003-0147-2678
Türkiye

Emel Sezer This is me
0000-0001-9881-3533
Türkiye

Ahmet Dağ This is me
0000-0002-1120-3773
Türkiye

Ferah Tuncel Daloğlu This is me
0000-0001-6506-9461
Türkiye

Tolgay Tuyan İlhan This is me
0000-0002-2186-441X
Türkiye

Publication Date

August 1, 2022

Submission Date

July 1, 2022

Acceptance Date

July 15, 2022

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Year 2022 Volume: 2 Number: 2

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APA

Koç, Z. P., Özcan, P. P., Sezer, E., Dağ, A., Tuncel Daloğlu, F., & İlhan, T. T. (2022). Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma. Molecular Oncologic Imaging, 2(2), 6-11. https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA

AMA

1.Koç ZP, Özcan PP, Sezer E, Dağ A, Tuncel Daloğlu F, İlhan TT. Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma. Molecular Oncologic Imaging. 2022;2(2):6-11. https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA

Chicago

Koç, Zehra Pınar, Pınar Pelin Özcan, Emel Sezer, Ahmet Dağ, Ferah Tuncel Daloğlu, and Tolgay Tuyan İlhan. 2022. “Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma”. Molecular Oncologic Imaging 2 (2): 6-11. https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA.

EndNote

Koç ZP, Özcan PP, Sezer E, Dağ A, Tuncel Daloğlu F, İlhan TT (August 1, 2022) Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma. Molecular Oncologic Imaging 2 2 6–11.

IEEE

[1]Z. P. Koç, P. P. Özcan, E. Sezer, A. Dağ, F. Tuncel Daloğlu, and T. T. İlhan, “Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma”, Molecular Oncologic Imaging, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 6–11, Aug. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA

ISNAD

Koç, Zehra Pınar - Özcan, Pınar Pelin - Sezer, Emel - Dağ, Ahmet - Tuncel Daloğlu, Ferah - İlhan, Tolgay Tuyan. “Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma”. Molecular Oncologic Imaging 2/2 (August 1, 2022): 6-11. https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA.

JAMA

1.Koç ZP, Özcan PP, Sezer E, Dağ A, Tuncel Daloğlu F, İlhan TT. Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma. Molecular Oncologic Imaging. 2022;2:6–11.

MLA

Koç, Zehra Pınar, et al. “Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma”. Molecular Oncologic Imaging, vol. 2, no. 2, Aug. 2022, pp. 6-11, https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA.

Vancouver

1.Zehra Pınar Koç, Pınar Pelin Özcan, Emel Sezer, Ahmet Dağ, Ferah Tuncel Daloğlu, Tolgay Tuyan İlhan. Coincident Pelvic Uptake in the F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in Patients With the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma. Molecular Oncologic Imaging [Internet]. 2022 Aug. 1;2(2):6-11. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA56ZJ99ZA