Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Spinal cord metastasis from testicular seminoma detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT study prior to neurological symptoms: An unusual presentation

Document Type : Case Report

Authors
Armaghan Fard-Esfahani
Mehraneh Marzban
Alireza Emami-Ardekani
Arman Hassanzadeh-Rad
Babak Fallahi
Davood Beiki
Parham Geramifar
Mohammad Eftekhari
Research Center for Nuclear Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
A 60-year-old patient with testicular seminoma was referred for F-18 FDG PET/CT Study to evaluate recurrence. In addition to hypermetabolic cervical, mediastinal and hilar lymph node tumoral metastases, segmental intense FDG uptake along the lumbar spinal cord suggestive of tumoral metastasis was noted which quite an unusual presentation is.  At the time of PET study the patient was symptomless, and neurological symptoms and signs associated with spinal cord metastasis developed only several days afterwards, emphasizing the role of FDG PET study in early detection of spinal cord metastasis. The patient underwent radiotherapy of the spinal cord with consequent clinical improvement.
Keywords
Spinal cord metastasis
Seminoma
Testicular cancer
F-18 FDG PET scan
Subjects
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