Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: impact of (18)F-FDG PET induced treatment strategy in a patient with long-term outcome

The desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is an uncommon and highly aggressive cancer. The role of (18)F-FDG PET in management of DSRCT is little reported. We report a case of metastasized abdominal DSRCT detected in a 43-year old patient whose diagnostic and therapeutic approaches were influe...

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Autores principales: Ben-Sellem, Dorra, Liu, Kun-Lun, Cimarelli, Sébastien, Constantinesco, André, Imperiale, Alessio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139890
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e19
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Sumario:The desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is an uncommon and highly aggressive cancer. The role of (18)F-FDG PET in management of DSRCT is little reported. We report a case of metastasized abdominal DSRCT detected in a 43-year old patient whose diagnostic and therapeutic approaches were influenced by (18)F-FDG PET-CT. The patient is still alive ten years after diagnosis. (18)F-FDG PET-CT seems to be a useful method for assessing therapeutic efficiency and detecting early recurrences even in rare malignancies such as DSRCT.

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