Imaging resemblance but diagnostic disparity in cervix cancer: a rare case report
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Date
2020-08
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Medip Academy
Abstract
F-18 FDG PET-CT is an establish modality for staging of cervical cancer. The high uptake value in PET with no evidence of necrosis in CECT is generally understood malignant pathology in known cancer patients. A 47 year-old-female with cervix carcinoma underwent staging FDG PET-CT. It showed FDG avid primary lesion in cervix with FDG avid pelvic, retroperitoneal, mediastinal and supraclavicular lymph nodes. USG guided FNA from the supraclavicular lymph node revealed tuberculosis. Now patient scheduled for ATT and chemotherapy.
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Cervix carcinoma, F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT, Metastatic carcinoma, Tuberculosis
Citation
Agrawal Namita, Jain Tarun Kumar, Charan Abhishek, Sharma Sanjay, Malhotra Hemant, Khuteta Nitin, Yadav Ajay. Imaging resemblance but diagnostic disparity in cervix cancer: a rare case report. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020 Aug; 9(8): 3480-3482