Malignant epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lower extremity: staging with F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jul;36(7):590-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318217733b.

Abstract

A 36-year-old woman presented with a 5-month history of a growing left thigh mass, causing difficulty walking. Biopsy revealed a malignant epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE), and the patient was referred for a staging F-18 FDG PET/CT that showed intense FDG uptake in the thigh mass, but no FDG-avid local lymph nodes or distant metastases. A few reports have noted the usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging in the staging of EHEs in the lung, liver, and bone marrow. This rare study highlights the usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in the staging of malignant EHE of the soft tissues of the extremities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Thigh / diagnostic imaging
  • Thigh / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18