Pulmonary artery sarcoma detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT as origin of multiple spinal metastases.

In Kook Chun; Jae Seon Eo; Jin Chul Paeng; Dong Wan Kim; June Key Chung; Dong Soo Lee

Pulmonary artery sarcoma detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT as origin of multiple spinal metastases.

In Kook Chun, Jae Seon Eo, Jin Chul Paeng, Dong Wan Kim, June Key Chung, Dong Soo Lee

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Abstract

A 67-year-old man with back pain was diagnosed as having multiple spinal metastases on MRI. On CT scan, only a filling defect in the right pulmonary artery was observed and suspected as venous thromboembolism. On F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT, intense hypermetabolism was observed in the right pulmonary artery in addition to the metastatic spine lesions. Biopsy confirmed the lesion as a primary pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS), and the spine lesions as metastases of PAS. Although PAS is rare and its bone metastasis presenting initial symptom is extremely rare, FDG PET/CT is an effective diagnostic modality for PAS, not only in discrimination from venous thromboembolism, but also in workup of metastatic origin.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e87-89
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	36
Issue number	8
Publication status	Published - 2011 Aug
Externally published	Yes

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Pulmonary artery sarcoma detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT as origin of multiple spinal metastases.

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