Recurrent Scapular Metastasis From Hepatoblastoma Shown on FDG PET/CT and F-DOPA PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Oct;42(10):e449-e451. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001786.

Abstract

We report the case of a 4-year-old girl with a biochemical relapse (plasma α-fetoprotein of 57,987.6 μg/L) after hepatoblastoma and extrahepatic metastases removal and adjuvant chemotherapy. Abdominal ultrasound, CT, and MRI failed to determine the site of recurrence. F-FDG PET/CT showed increased activity in the region of left scapula and adjacent soft tissue, which was incorrectly interpreted as the postoperative repair or inflammatory change. F-DOPA PET/CT showed increased activity and noticeable progressed lesion in the same place. Finally, the left scapula was identified as the site of recurrent metastasis from hepatoblastoma by pathological examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Child
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hepatoblastoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Recurrence
  • Scapula*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine