Case Report

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease with Pulmonary and Cerebral Metastasis: Can Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Really Detect Cranial Metastatic Disease ?

10.1501/Tipfak_0000000956

  • Ulaş Kumbasar
  • Serkan Uysal
  • Tuba Kılıçer Şahinoğlu
  • Sevgen Önder
  • Metin Demircin

Received Date: 07.07.2016 Accepted Date: 19.09.2016 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2016;69(3):257-260

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTN) originate from placental tissue and usually metastasizes because of its propensity for early vascular invasion. Intracranial metastases are relatively uncommon. There are limited data on the efficacy of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the eva-luation of metastatic GTN. We present a case of GTN with simultaneous pulmonary and cranial metastases in which the cranial metasteses were undetectable with positron emission tomography (PET) scan.

Keywords: Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms, Cranial Metastasis, Positron Emission Tomography