title: Pericardial Synovial Sarcoma Followed Up With Contrast-Enhanced PET-CT.
abstract: Pericardial synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare tumor, and a challenging diagnosis due to nonspecific diverse presentation requiring a very strong clinical acumen along with an aggressive multimodal approach. Histopathological confirmation remains the gold standard. The optimal management is unclear because of very few cases reported in literature. Herein, we describe the findings on contrast-enhanced FDG PET-CT facilitating the staging, lesion characterization, and timely response assessment to chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine & PET-CT, and †Pathology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Avani S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Indirani
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muthukrishnan
authors.forename: Aashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gambhir
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18