Detection of tumour thrombus by 18F-FDG-PET/CT imaging.
Tumour thrombus is a rare complication of many solid cancers including renal cell carcinoma, Wilms' tumour, testicular tumour, adrenal cortical carcinoma, lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma. We describe six patients who harboured occult tumour thrombus detected by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/X-ray computerized tomography (CT) imaging as part of the staging investigations. Recognition of this rare complication by PET/CT can change the management plan and prevent unnecessary long-term anti-coagulation treatment because of wrong diagnosis of cancer-related venous thrombus.
Lai
Peter
P
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
Bomanji
Jamshed B
JB
Mahmood
Shahid
S
Nagabhushan
Nagesh
N
Syed
Rizwan
R
Gacinovic
Sveto
S
Lee
Siow M
SM
Ell
Peter J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18