title: A rare case of primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma detected by (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We describe a rare case of primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 54-year-old female patient with history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent F-FDG PET/CT for follow-up. PET/CT detected an area of increased F-FDG uptake corresponding to a 4-cm mass located in the inferior lobe of the left lung. Based on this PET/CT finding, the patient underwent left inferior pulmonary lobectomy. Histology demonstrated the presence of a pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma. Other sites of disease were excluded. In our case, F-FDG PET/CT has been useful in detecting and staging this rare primary pulmonary tumor.
authors: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; and †Units of Thoracic Surgery and ‡Pathology, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors: Giorgio
authors: G
authors: Treglia
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Cardillo
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Graziano
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18