title: Recurrent hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: detection by FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 38-year-old man underwent a resection of the left lobe of the liver resection for a solitary hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) was performed for surveillance. This demonstrated 2 foci of FDG uptake in the liver. These were resected and found to represent recurrent epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. Because of the high FDG uptake in this tumor, FDG PET/CT should be evaluated for its utility in recurrence detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98111, USA. radecl@vmmc.org
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18