FDG-PET/CT findings of atypical (bizarre/symplastic) uterine leiomyoma in a patient with abdominal leiomyosarcoma.
Atypical (bizarre) leiomyoma is a benign uterine smooth-muscle tumor characterized by a) a significant number of cells with dense eosinophilic cytoplasm and enlarged, bizarre single/multiple hyperchromatic or multiple nuclei without tumor necrosis and b) poor mitotic activity. We report the case of an atypical (bizarre) leiomyoma revealed by focal fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake during a PET-CT in a patient with relapsing abdominal and retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma.
Fabrice
F
Hubelé
Gerlinde
G
Averous
Edmond
E
Rust
Alessio
A
Imperiale
Izzie Jacques
IJ
Namer
CT, computed tomography; FDG, fluoro-deoxyglucose; PET, positron-emission tomography