Carcinoma penis manifesting as upfront supraclavicular lymph node metastases detected by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan: Report of an extremely rare and aggressive case
| Autor: | Sachin Taneja, Abhishek Purkayastha, Virender Suhag, Azhar Husain |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry R895-920 Case Report Carcinoma penis Supraclavicular lymph nodes Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan carcinoma penis Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Radiology supra-clavicular lymph nodes business metastases |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 379-381 (2021) World Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1607-3312 1450-1147 |
| Popis: | Carcinoma penis is a rare malignancy accounting 0.5 to 1% cases in the developed countries with a slightly higher incidence in the developing nations. Slow locoregional progression is characteristic of penile carcinoma and distant metastases are very uncommon. We hereby report a case of highly aggressive squamous cell penile carcinoma in a 46-year-old male with fulminant upfront distant dissemination to left supraclavicular lymph nodes without involving the inguinal and pelvic nodes detected by whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan. The scan also detected lytic destructive lesion involving the pelvic and adjacent bones with infiltration of skeletal muscles. He was treated with palliative radiotherapy to the weight-bearing sites followed by systemic chemotherapy. A thorough review of literature reveals that our case may be one of the rarest cases ever reported in world literature where an asymptomatic penile carcinoma presents with upfront supraclavicular lymph node metastasis bypassing the inguinal, pelvic, and retroperitoneal lymph node chains. |
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