18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with atypical presentation of cardiac angiosarcoma

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed). 2019 May-Jun;38(3):183-185. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2018.08.006. Epub 2018 Oct 30.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Primary cardiac or pericardial tumors are infrequent, metastatic involvement being more common. Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare primary malignant tumor of mesenchymal origin. It entails a poor prognosis mostly due to frequent metastases at the time of diagnosis, as well as low response to onco-specific treatments. We describe a case of a 74-year-old patient with a primary cardiac angiosarcoma with an infrequent location at pericardium level. We review the literature and the utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the initial staging.

Keywords: Angiosarcoma; Heart tumors; Pericardial tumors; Positron emission tomography; Tomografía por emisión de positrones; Tumores cardiacos; Tumores pericárdicos.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography* / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18