Positron emission tomography findings in atypical polypoid adenomyoma

• Main Authors: Tatsuya Fukami, Tomonori Yoshikai, Hiroshi Tsujioka, Atsufumi Tohyama, Sumire Sorano, Sakiko Matsuoka, Hiroko Yamamoto, Sumie Nakamura, Maki Goto, Ryoei Matsuoka, Masafumi Oya, Yoshikuni Torii, Fuyuki Eguchi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-03-01
• Series: Rare Tumors
• Subjects: Polypoid adenomyoma; fertility; positron emission tomography
• Online Access: http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/6129
• ISSN: 2036-3605; 2036-3613

Atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APAM) is a rare polypoid tumor of the uterus composed of atypical endometrial glands surrounded by smooth muscle. A 29-year-old nulligravida, was clinically diagnosed with endocervical myoma and underwent trans-uterine cervical resection with hysteroscope. The histopathological diagnosis of specimens was APAM. Eight months later, she diagnosed recurrent uterine tumor. The positron emission tomography (PET-CT) imaging showed an increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake. She has performed hysterectomy and was diagnosed APAM. Therapy for APAM depends on multiple factors such as age at presentation and desire for childbearing among others. This is the first report of PET-CT findings in APAM.