title: Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in an unusual case of solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor in childhood with aggressive behavior.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor (SPPT) with aggressive behavior that occurred in a 16-year-old male patient. ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT showed increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a solid mass of the body of the pancreas, in several liver lesions, and in multiple peritoneal implants, corresponding to an SPPT with liver and peritoneal metastases, respectively. Based on PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to chemotherapy. In this unusual case of pediatric SPPT with aggressive behavior, ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT has been useful in staging the disease and in treatment planning.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Bioimaging and Radiological Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, and Department of Oncohematology, Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy. giorgiomednuc@libero.it
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Caporale
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rufini
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Callea
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giordano
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18