18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography–computed tomography in the diagnosis of brachial plexopathy in carcinoma breast

• الحاوية / القاعدة: Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research
• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Suma Tammineni Medara, K B Sricharan, V Sai Krishna Mohan, Ranadheer Gupta Manthri, A Y Lakshmi, Tek Chand Kalawat
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: الإنجليزية
• منشور في: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
• الموضوعات: 18f fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography; carcinoma breast; magnetic resonance imaging; metastatic brachial plexopathy
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2022;volume=11;issue=5;spage=1;epage=4;aulast=Medara
• تدمد: 2277-5706; 2277-8357

We report the case of a 42-year-old female who had received treatment for carcinoma left breast, now presenting with pain in the left upper limb for 2 months and paraesthesia for 1 month. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus revealed altered signal intensity involving divisions and cords of the brachial plexus on the left side. 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography revealed moderately increased FDG concentration in multiple ill-defined nodules, along the left brachial plexus suggestive of metastatic brachial plexopathy.