Synchronous Isolated Ovarian Metastasis From Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma on FDG PET/CT

Jiani He & Xue Zhang et al. · 2025-10-09

Women with ovarian metastasis from endometrial cancer are more likely to have >50% myometrial invasion, high-grade non-endometrioid tumors, and lymphovascular space invasion. Low-grade endometrioid endometrial cancers with <50% myometrial invasion and negative lymphovascular space invasion have a very low rate (0.5%) of ovarian metastasis. We describe FDG PET/CT findings in a case of low-grade endometrioid endometrial cancer with <50% myometrial invasion, negative lymphovascular space invasion, negative lymph node metastasis, and synchronous isolated unilateral small ovarian metastasis. Both the primary and metastatic tumors showed intense FDG activity.

Authors
Jiani He, Aisheng Dong, Xue Zhang