title: Enhanced CT and FDG PET/CT in primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the uterine cervix.
abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the uterine cervix is extremely rare. A 45-year-old woman presented with intermittent vaginal bleeding for 1 month. Enhanced CT in the arterial and venous phases showed a hypervascular tumor in the uterine cervix. Colposcopy-directed biopsy revealed malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. FDG PET/CT showed intense FDG uptake (SUVmax, 8.8) of the tumor mimicking cervical cancer. Total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and pelvic lymphadenectomy were performed.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, †Pathology, and ‡Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Aisheng
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Changjing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhijun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Mingjuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18