title: Angiosarcoma in the right atria demonstrated by fusion images of multislice computed tomography and positron emission tomography using F-18 Fluoro-Deoxyglucose.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumors are rare. In this report, using fusion images of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and positron emission tomography (PET) using F-18 Fluoro-Deoxyglucose, we could diagnose, morphologically, the location, size and extent of the tumor, and degree of blood flow from the feeding artery (by MSCT) and establish that this cardiac tumor was malignant (by PET) before surgical operation. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as a cardiac angiosarcoma.
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Nobusada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Funabashi
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kozono
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishikura
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Issei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komuro
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18