title: Uterine Epithelioid Angiosarcoma on F-18 FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Uterine epithelioid angiosarcoma can have conventional imaging characteristics similar to those of other uterine tumors, such as leiomyoma, leiomyosarcomas or hemangioendothelioma. Uterine epithelioid angiosarcoma exhibiting increased fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) activity can be misdiagnosed. A 61-year-old woman who was diagnosed with uterine epithelioid angiosarcoma underwent F-18 FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a part of the pretreatment work up for surgery. F-18 FDG PET/CT showed an intense F-18 FDG uptake in the uterus in addition to increased F-18 FDG uptake at the paraaortic and aortocaval lymph nodes. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of intense F-18 FDG uptake in uterine epithelioid angiosarcoma in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Nowon-Gil 75, Gongneung-Dong, , Nowon-Gu Seoul, 139-706 Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Pil
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Nowon-Gil 75, Gongneung-Dong, , Nowon-Gu Seoul, 139-706 Korea ; Department of Molecular Imaging Research Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Moo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lim
keywords: F-18 FDG; PET/CT; Uterine epithelioid angiosarcoma