Carcinosarcoma of the uterine corpus on 18F-FDG PET/CT in a postmenopausal woman with elevated AFP

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Sep;39(9):803-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a77b90.

Abstract

Uterine carcinosarcoma (termed malignant mixed müllerian tumor) is a rare neoplasm of the uterus with a poor prognosis. There have been very few cases in the literature describing the PET/CT findings of uterine carcinosarcoma. We report a case of tissue-proven carcinosarcoma of the uterine corpus in a 65-year-old woman with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), whose 18F-FDG PET/CT showed a 10.3-cm mass in the uterus with uneven high FDG uptake. The SUVmax was 12.8. After surgery, the patient received 6 courses of chemotherapy, and the serum levels of AFP decreased to reference range.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinosarcoma / blood
  • Carcinosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / blood
  • Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / diagnostic imaging*
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Postmenopause
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / blood
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • alpha-Fetoproteins
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18