F-18 FDG PET identification of right atrium metastasis from a vesical carcinoma.
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis and staging of various malignancies. The main advantage of PET is its high sensitivity in identifying malignancies at an early stage. The authors present a patient in whom transthoracic echography and MRI revealed a right atrial mass. The diagnosis was difficult between tumor and thrombus, but PET imaging correctly suggested a malignant tumor.
Biancheri
I
I
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Franche Comté and CHU Jean Minjoz Besançon, Boulevard Fleming 25030, Besançon, France. ingrid.biancheri@caramail.com
Zsigmond
R
R
Angoué
O
O
Blagosklonov
O
O
Klingelschmitt
S
S
Legalery
P
P
Kastler
B
B
Boulahdour
H
H
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18