Abstract
A 28-year-old man with history of anaplastic oligodendroglimoma in the left frontal lobe presented with worsening right leg weakness 2months after surgical resection.MRI of the brain and spine demonstrated a new mass in the left parietal lobe, as well as extraneural osseous metastases. FDG PET scan subsequently showed widespread extraneural metastatic disease. Extraneural metastases from primary brain tumors are a rare occurrence, although anaplastic oligodendroglioma has a propensity for spreading in such a manner. FDG PET can effectively stage patients with extraneural metastases from anaplastic oligodendroglioma by detecting metastatic disease in sites such as the skeleton and liver.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 968-970 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2017 |
Keywords
- Extraneural metastasis
- FDG PET
- Oligodendroglioma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging