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Can J Cardiol
; 36(6): 967.e17-967.e19, 2020 06.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32389686
RESUMO
This is a case report of a patient presenting an extremely rare cardiac malignancy: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour. The 18F-fluorodeoxyglucosis positron emission tomography associated to computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) accesses the tumour anatomy and metabolic activity, thereby making it possible to characterize a malignant neoplasm noninvasively. The diagnostic approach with 18F-FDG PET/CT spared the heart from a likely futile invasive procedure when detecting a distant metastasis and changed the biopsy site and therapeutic planning.