Meningeal Metastasis Relapse With Focal Involvement of Cranial Bone Flap: A Case Resolved by 18F-DOPA PET/MRI

A 63-year-old woman was referred to our PET/MRI platform to evaluate the possible relapse of a meningeal metastasis, complicating an invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast. This metastasis was diagnosed on a left hemiparesis and treated by surgery and radiation therapy. One year later, the sam...

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Published inClinical nuclear medicine
Main Authors Louarn, Nicolas, Dauta, Aurélie, Lechapt-Zalcman, Emmanuèle, Kauv, Paul, Itti, Emmanuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2019
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Summary:A 63-year-old woman was referred to our PET/MRI platform to evaluate the possible relapse of a meningeal metastasis, complicating an invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast. This metastasis was diagnosed on a left hemiparesis and treated by surgery and radiation therapy. One year later, the same symptoms led to another brain MRI examination that found a contrast-enhanced lesion in the operating site. We decided to perform a F-DOPA PET/MRI to document this lesion, which confirmed the diagnosis of a probable relapse and revealed a focal uptake on the bone flap.
ISSN:1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002492