title: Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: rapid dissemination detected on FDG PET-CT.
abstract: We present the FDG PET-CT findings in a patient with persistent pain 7 weeks after a nephrectomy and lymph node dissection for a sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma. Although conventional imaging was unable to detect evidence of metastatic spread outside the para-aortic nodes, a PET-CT scan showed unexpected extensive dissemination. Currently, there are no reports in the literature of the PET-CT findings in sarcomatoid renal cell carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of PET and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, The Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Thambugala
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: G F A
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: O' Neill
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fulham
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18