FDG PET/CT of Cardiac Angiosarcoma With Pulmonary Metastases. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hod, Nir; Shalev, Aryeh; Levin, Daniel; Anconina, Reut; Ezroh Kazap, Dina; Lantsberg, Sophie
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 43:Number 10(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: cardiac tumor -- cardiac angiosarcoma -- pulmonary metastases -- FDG PET/CT -- FDG uptake in cardiac tumors; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002215
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : 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.