Urinary bladder leiomyosarcoma: staging with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2013 May;38(5):e218-22. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182523e33.

Abstract

A 28-year-old woman with a history of prior bilateral retinoblastoma presented with general fatigue, anemia, and a urinary bladder mass seen on abdominal ultrasound and CT. She was referred for a staging 18F-FDG PET/CT, which showed an intensely FDG-avid bladder mass that was biopsied to reveal a leiomyosarcoma, with no evidence of metastases, which guided her management. 18F-FDG PET/CT is routinely used in the evaluation of leiomyosarcomas; however, its use in the staging of a leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder has not been previously described in the literature. This case highlights the usefulness of PET/CT in the staging of this rare tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18