Glucose transporter expression of intraductal papilloma of the breast detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Jpn J Radiol. 2011 Apr;29(3):217-21. doi: 10.1007/s11604-010-0531-0. Epub 2011 Apr 26.

Abstract

A 40-year-old woman discovered through palpation a tumor in the upper lateral quadrant of the left mammary gland. Mammography, ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a 10 mm diameter tumor. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ((18)F-FDG-PET) showed abnormal accumulation in the detected tumor, and the maximum standardized uptake value was 2.2. The patient underwent tumor resection. The postoperative histopathological finding was intraductal papilloma. The intraductal papilloma showed strong expression of glucose transporter (GLUT)-4 on membrane and/or cytoplasm, and weak expression of GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 by immunohistochemistry. This case suggests that other glucose transporters (e.g., GLUT-4), other pathological factors, and cytokines may have a close relation with (18)F-FDG accumulation in intraductal papilloma more than GLUT-1 or GLUT-3 expression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast / surgery
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Papilloma, Intraductal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Papilloma, Intraductal / metabolism
  • Papilloma, Intraductal / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary

Substances

  • Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18