title: Recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with pulmonary metastases presenting twelve years after initial diagnosis: 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging findings.
abstract: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare cutaneous tumor that is locally aggressive and has a high rate of recurrence after surgical excision. The tumor grows slowly, typically over years. On rare occasions, metastasis to distant sites (especially the lung) or regional lymph nodes may occur. Here, we present F-FDG PET/CT imaging findings of a 52-year-old man with a local recurrence of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in the anterior abdominal wall with metastases to bilateral lungs.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suman
authors.forename: Punit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Tarun Kumar
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Manas Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: Chandrasekhar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18