Pancreatoblastoma With Metastatic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node and PET/CT. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Corrias, Giuseppe; Ragucci, Monica; Basturk, Olca; Saba, Luca; Mannelli, Lorenzo
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 11(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: pancreas -- pancreatoblastoma -- cancer -- PET -- retroperitoneum; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001822
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A previously healthy 4-year-old girl presented with petechial rash and low platelet count. There were no other symptoms. On abdominal ultrasound, a 4.7-cm heterogeneous mass was demonstrated anterior to the left kidney. An abdominal MRI subsequently performed demonstrated a heterogeneously enhancing mass at the same location extending to the pancreas and spleen. A surgical biopsy of the mass was obtained. Pathology reported a malignant epithelioid neoplasm consistent with pancreatoblastoma. The mass demonstrated intense FDG uptake on PET and an FDG avid retrocaval lymph node.