title: FDG imaging of a pulmonary artery sarcoma.
abstract: Fluorine-18-2-fluro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomographic tumor imaging was employed to aid in the diagnosis of a patient with a right hilar mass. Based on preoperative imaging and intraoperative findings, a right pneumonectomy was performed for what proved to be a pulmonary artery sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. rthurer@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Thurer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thorsen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Karp
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18