18F-FDG PET-CT for Evaluation of Cardiac Angiosarcoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Cardiac angiosarcomas are rare neoplasms. We here present the case of a 24 year old male with a cardiac mass which was characterised as malignant on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT). In addition 18F-FDG PET-CT also demonstrated pericardial in...

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Autores principales: Dhull, Varun Singh, Sharma, Punit, Mukherjee, Anirban, Jana, Manisha, Bal, Chandrasekhar, Kumar, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25800597
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/mirt.02486
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Sumario:Cardiac angiosarcomas are rare neoplasms. We here present the case of a 24 year old male with a cardiac mass which was characterised as malignant on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT). In addition 18F-FDG PET-CT also demonstrated pericardial infiltration and bone metastases. The tumor was confirmed to be angiosarcoma on biopsy and palliative chemotherapy was started. Here we have highlighted the potential role of 18F-FDG PET-CT in patients with cardiac angiosarcoma and presented a brief review.

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