title: Cardiac metastases of Ewing sarcoma detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) is widely used in the diagnostic evaluation and staging of different malignant tumors. The role of PET/computed tomographic scan in detecting distant metastases in the workup of Ewing sarcoma in children or young adults is less well defined. We report a case of a boy affected by a metastatic Ewing sarcoma with cardiac asymptomatic metastasis detected by F-FDG PET/computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Oncology, Catholic University of Rome, Italy. p.coccia@fastwebnet.it
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coccia
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rufini
authors.forename: Palma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maurizi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Attinà
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marano
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leccisotti
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Calcagni
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riccardi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011379:Prognosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18