YAO Ru, HAO Zhixin, QU Yang, ZHANG Chao, LI Weijia, LANG Jie, PAN Bo, ZHOU Yidong, SUN Qiang, HUO Li. Novel 18F-FES PET/CT in Non-invasive Functional Diagnosis of Delayed Lung Metastasis Presented with Horner Syndrome in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2024, 15(3): 702-707. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0530
Citation: YAO Ru, HAO Zhixin, QU Yang, ZHANG Chao, LI Weijia, LANG Jie, PAN Bo, ZHOU Yidong, SUN Qiang, HUO Li. Novel 18F-FES PET/CT in Non-invasive Functional Diagnosis of Delayed Lung Metastasis Presented with Horner Syndrome in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2024, 15(3): 702-707. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0530

Novel 18F-FES PET/CT in Non-invasive Functional Diagnosis of Delayed Lung Metastasis Presented with Horner Syndrome in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient

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National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding 2022-PUMCH-A-165

National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding 2022-PUMCH-B-039

CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences 2021-I2M-1-014

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  • Hormonal receptor positive human epidermal receptor 2 negative (HR+/HER2-) is the commonest molecular subtype of breast cancer (BC). Patients with HR+/HER2- BC may manifest clinically a late recurrence whose BC metastasizes 10-15 years post-operatively. We report one case who presented with pulmonary mass in upper lobe of lung and Horner syndrome 16 years after BC surgery. FDG PET/CT suggested pulmonary malignancy but could not differentiate between primary or metastatic cancer when invasive biopsy was quite risky. Novel 18F-FES PET/CT facilitated the non-invasive functional diagnosis of estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) pulmonary metastasis of BC, and the patient experienced partial response (PR) after CDK4/6 inhibitor and aromatase inhibitor as endocrine therapy. This article reviews the diagnosis and treatment process of this case, to provide guidance for non-invasive global evaluation of ER status among metastatic HR+/HER2- BC patients with 18F-FES PET/CT.

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