Diagnosis of a cardiac angiosarcoma by fluorine-18 fluordeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare tumour entity with a poor prognosis. Early detection is difficult but important for the further course of the disease. We report on a young patient with a tumour of unknown origin and dignity of the right atrium. Magnetic resonance imaging, CT and echocardiography were sufficient in localisation, but no statement on the dignity was possible. Furthermore, staging led to ambiguous results. Malignancy could be proved by fluorine-18 fluordeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, leading to early surgery. Histology revealed a poorly differentiated angiosarcoma.
Freudenberg
L S
LS
Clinic and Policlinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany. l.freudenberg@t-online.de
Rosenbaum
S J
SJ
Schulte-Herbrüggen
J
J
Eising
E G
EG
Lauenstein
T
T
Wolff
A
A
Bockisch
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18