title: (18)F-FDG PET/CT in an unusual case of cardiac plexiform neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Cardiac involvement is rare in neurofibromatosis 1 (NF 1). Very few cases of cardiac masses in this entity have been documented in the world literature. We present the F-FDG PET/CT findings in a rare case of cardiac plexiform neurofibromatosis.
authors.affiliation: From the *Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig SK Majumdar Marg, Delhi, India; †Department of Cardiology, Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi, India; ‡Department of Dermatology, Employees State Insurance Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Maria Mathew
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: D'souza
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sondhi
authors.forename: Paschal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'souza
authors.forename: Rajnish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaimini
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Rajendra Prashad
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Tripathi
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18