A Rare Case of Primary Pleura Myxoid Leiomyosarcoma: FDG PET/CT Finding. (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Ling; Ren, Yixuan; Ding, Xiaofang; Dong, Chi; Liu, Jiangyan
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: myxoid leiomyosarcoma -- pleura -- FDG PET/CT -- pathology; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002956
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Myxoid leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor that originates from the mesenchymal tissue with extensive mucoid degeneration. It usually occurs in the uterus; occurrences from other tissues are extremely rare. Here we report the FDG PET/CT findings and clinicopathological of primary pleura myxoid leiomyosarcoma in a 51-year-old man.