title: Leiomyoma Originated From Inferior Vena Cava Mimicking an Adrenal Malignant Tumor on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: PET/CT was performed on an asymptomatic 62-year-old woman with a suspected adrenal mass and revealed the lesion with high F-FDG avidity and inferior vena cava involvement. A malignant nonfunctioning adrenal tumor was suspected. However, histopathology of the resected lesion revealed a leiomyoma arising from the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China; and ‡Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Zhanli
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ziao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18