title: Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of pulmonary artery: 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting recurrence in a rare tumor.
abstract: Primary pulmonary artery rhabdomyosarcomas are very rare tumors with a small number of cases reported in the literature. Here we show (18)F-flurodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) images of a 58-year-old man with left pulmonary artery rhabdomyosarcoma who had undergone surgery for the primary tumor followed by chemotherapy. Restaging FDG PET/CT showed local recurrence and pulmonary metastasis. This case highlights that FDG PET/CT can be useful for restaging rare tumors such as pulmonary artery rhabdomyosarcoma.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: K C Sudhir
authors: KC
authors: Suman
authors: Punit
authors: P
authors: Sharma
authors: Harmandeep
authors: H
authors: Singh
authors: Chandrasekhar
authors: C
authors: Bal
authors: Rakesh
authors: R
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012008:Recurrence; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18