Abstract
We present a case of an adolescent girl with a cardiac mass which was characterized as malignant on FDG PET/CT. In addition, FDG PET/CT revealed multiple hypermetabolic pulmonary lesions. The final diagnosis was primary cardiac angiosarcoma with pulmonary metastases, a rare malignancy especially in female patients at this age group. We emphasize the potential role of FDG PET/CT in patients with a cardiac neoplasm and present a literature review of FDG uptake in benign versus malignant cardiac tumors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 744-746 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- FDG PET/CT
- FDG uptake in cardiac tumors
- cardiac angiosarcoma
- cardiac tumor
- pulmonary metastases
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging