title: 18F-FDG-PET-CT imaging findings of recurrent intracranial haemangiopericytoma with distant metastases.
abstract: A 42-year-old woman presented with local recurrence and distant lung and liver metastases 7 years after resection of a primary intracranial haemangiopericytoma. Whole-body (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)-CT scan showed no increased uptake in local recurrence or distant metastases except for a focus of increased FDG uptake within a hepatic metastasis. The hypermetabolic area correlated with an intratumoral hypoenhancing area on the CT scan. PET-CT scan may be useful to allow further understanding of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China. drchansww@yahoo.com.hk
authors.forename: W S W
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Khong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18