title: 18F-NaF PET/CT Images of Cardiac Metastasis From Osteosarcoma.
abstract: Osteosarcomas are aggressive with a high incidence of recurrence and metastasis. Cardiac osteosarcoma metastasis is rare. We described a 17-year-old boy who had right distal femoral osteosarcoma with lung metastases. During follow-up, right ventricular (RV) metastasis was noted and confirmed by histopathological examination of the surgical specimen. F-NaF PET/CT was then arranged 1 month after debulking surgery for residual tumor survey. The images showed intense F-NaF uptake at RV region, suggestive of residual cardiac metastases.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yi-Hsien
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Kuan-Yin
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Mei-Fang
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wei-Wu
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ruoh-Fang
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18