Usefulness of Positron Emission Tomography for Management of Ocular Sebaceous Carcinoma

Ocular sebaceous carcinoma (SC) is an uncommon, aggressive ocular neoplasm with potential for regional and distant metastasis. Early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment can reduce mortality. To date, little has been known about the usefulness of FDG-PET for diagnosing ocular SC. We report a case...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2010-02, Vol.35 (2), p.98-100
Main Authors: Yasumura, Satuski, Shojaku, Hideo, Wada, Rinnosuke, Watanabe, Yukio, Shojaku, Hiroko, Seto, Hikaru, Kawano, Masaya, Tsuneyama, Kouichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Eye Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Eye Neoplasms - pathology
Eye Neoplasms - physiopathology
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Positron-Emission Tomography
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Summary:Ocular sebaceous carcinoma (SC) is an uncommon, aggressive ocular neoplasm with potential for regional and distant metastasis. Early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment can reduce mortality. To date, little has been known about the usefulness of FDG-PET for diagnosing ocular SC. We report a case of a 63-year-old-woman with an ocular SC, in which significant uptake of FDG was observed in the regional, histopathologically confirmed metastatic lymph nodes. FDG-PET can be used in the staging of ocular SC, especially with asymptomatic distant metastases, if the tumor size is large enough.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181c7bea2