title: Unusual case of infantile fibrosarcoma evaluated on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography.
abstract: Infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) is a rare soft-tissue sarcoma originating from extremities and occasionally from axial soft tissue. The prognosis is good with favorable long-term survival. It is rarely metastasizing tumor, the chances being lesser with IFS originating from extremities. Use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) as a treatment regime further reduces the chances of local relapse and distant metastasis. The organs commonly affected in metastatic IFS are lungs and lymph nodes. We report an unusual case of an IFS originating from extremity, which received NACT, yet presented with an early metastatic disease involving soft tissues and sparing lungs and lymph nodes, as demonstrated on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bedmutha
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shivdasani
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
keywords: Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography; infantile fibrosarcoma; unusual metastasis