F-18 FDG PET/CT findings of primary sinonasal hemangiopericytoma: rare location in a young adult patient

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jun;36(6):473-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31820ade57.

Abstract

Hemangiopericytoma is an unusual tumor that arises from vascular smooth muscle cells. It is mainly experienced in 4th to 5th decades of life and soft-tissue masses are frequently located in lower extremity, pelvis, and retroperitoneum. A 29-year-old man presented with a mass lesion in the right nasal cavity associated with shortness of breath as a result of nasal obstruction. An incisional biopsy was reported as sinonasal type hemangiopericytoma. The initial staging F-18 flourodeoxyglucose PET/CT successfully demonstrated severe hypermetabolism in the primary tumor location and mild-to-moderate hypermetabolism in the right upper jugular lymph node.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hemangiopericytoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangiopericytoma / pathology
  • Hemangiopericytoma / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nose Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Nose Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nose Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18