title: ¹⁸F FDG PET/CT demonstration of IVC and right atrial involvement in adrenocortical carcinoma.
abstract: Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare and aggressive tumour. Inferior vena caval (IVC) involvement by the tumour thrombus is a rare phenomenon, and extension into the right atrium is even more rare. We describe a patient with Cushing's syndrome for whom (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT showed FDG avid right adrenal mass with tumour extension to the IVC and right atrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Senthil
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Raghava
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Bishan Dass
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Radotra
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhansali
mesh_terms: D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18