title: 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in primary cardiac angiosarcoma: diagnosis and follow-up.
abstract: A 40-year-old woman presented with recurrent chest tightness and shortness of breath for 10 days. The echocardiogram and MRI revealed a mass in the right atrium. FDG PET/CT was performed for further evaluation. The images demonstrated abnormally increased activity in the right atrial mass. The result of pathological examination after the surgical removal of the mass was consistent with angiosarcoma. Despite of receiving aggressive therapy including radiation, the patient had recurrent and metastatic malignancy 8 months later.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yabo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zhaochong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Hongcheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18