title: Cardiac angiosarcoma: utility of [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in evaluation of residue, metastases, and treatment response.
abstract: Cardiac angiosarcomas are a rare form of malignancy. The majority of cases arise from the right atrium as mural masses. These tumors have extremely aggressive behavior, with early clinical symptoms that vary depending on location, size, and extent of the tumor. Most of these patients have a very short survival time. Surgical therapy is considered the best choice of therapy approach in cardiac angiosarcoma patients with nonmetastatic disease, even though the disease is rarely cured. Advanced diagnostic techniques facilitate accurate, noninvasive assessments of cardiac sarcomas. We report a case of a 62-year-old man with cardiac angiosarcoma who had multiple distant metastases that were revealed by [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, American Hospital, Nişantaşi, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Handan
authors: H
authors: Tokmak
authors: Internal Medicine Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Nurhan
authors: N
authors: Demir
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet Onur
authors: MO
authors: Demirkol
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: FDG PET/CT imaging; noninvasive assessment of cardiac sarcomas; primary cardiac angiosarcoma