Synchronous Isolated Ovarian Metastasis From Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma on FDG PET/CT
Women with ovarian metastasis from endometrial cancer are more likely to have >50% myometrial invasion, high-grade non-endometrioid tumors, and lymphovascular space invasion. Low-grade endometrioid endometrial cancers with <50% myometrial invasion and negative lymphovascular space invasion have a very low rate (0.5%) of ovarian metastasis. We describe FDG PET/CT findings in a case of low-grade endometrioid endometrial cancer with <50% myometrial invasion, negative lymphovascular space invasion, negative lymph node metastasis, and synchronous isolated unilateral small ovarian metastasis. Both the primary and metastatic tumors showed intense FDG activity.
Authors
- Jiani He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3223-5686)
- Xue Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5782-2174)
- Aisheng Dong
Institutions
- Second Military Medical University (CN)
- Changhai Hospital (CN)
- First Hospital of China Medical University (CN)
- China Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0000000000006150
- Primary Topic
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00