title: Malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor of the spine: staging and evaluation of response to therapy with F-18 FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor (ERRT) is a very rare type of soft-tissue sarcoma with a reported incidence of 0.3% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Only 7 cases of spinal malignant ERRT have been reported in the literature, and to our knowledge, F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging for staging and evaluation of response to therapy for these tumors has not been previously described. This is a case of an 8-month-old boy with malignant ERRT of the spine, who was staged with F-18 FDG PET/CT, and had his tumor burden assessed with PET/CT after chemotherapy, which altered the subsequent chemotherapy regimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Brandon Regional Health Centre, Brandon, Canada. makisw79@yahoo.com
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Makis
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciarallo
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hickeson
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D018335:Rhabdoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18