Pulmonary artery angiosarcoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT masquerading as pulmonary embolism.
Clin Nucl Med
; 40(1): 82-4, 2015 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-25423348
A 53-year old woman suspicious for having pulmonary embolism on enhanced chest CT was proven to have metabolically active tumor in her pulmonary arteries on F-FDG PET/CT. Through biopsy and surgery, this turned out to be a pulmonary artery angiosarcoma. This case demonstrates that PET/CT is very useful in differentiating an aggressive malignant tumor from a bland pulmonary embolus in the pulmonary vasculature.
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Assunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
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Imagem Multimodal
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Hemangiossarcoma
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article