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Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography.

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Cheung, H; Lawhn-Heath, C; Lopez, G; Vella, M; Aparici, CM
Published in: Radiol Case Rep
April 2018

Solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytomas (SFT/HPC) are soft tissue tumors that can arising from the abomen, pleura, head and neck, or extremities. We report an unusual case of recurrent hemangiopericytoma in a 67-year-old female presenting with a painless and palpable mass within her right posterior neck. Eight years after initial resection of the mass, a follow-up MRI showed multiple enlarging calvarial lesions. A whole body FDG-PET/CT revealed not only hypermetabolic calvarial lesions but also numerous hypermetabolic axillary node and osseous metastases. Though the majority of these soft tissue tumors exhibit benign behavior and carry a favorable prognosis, patients with these slow growing tumors are at risk for local recurrence and distant metastases which demonstrate substantial FDG avidity. Additional studies are needed to clarify the role of whole body FDG-PET/CT in the surveillance of SFT/HPC to detect recurrent or metastatic lesions.

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Radiol Case Rep

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1930-0433

Publication Date

April 2018

Volume

13

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2

Start / End Page

464 / 467

Location

Netherlands
 

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Cheung, H., Lawhn-Heath, C., Lopez, G., Vella, M., & Aparici, C. M. (2018). Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography. Radiol Case Rep, 13(2), 464–467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.01.027
Cheung, Hoiwan, Courtney Lawhn-Heath, Giselle Lopez, Maya Vella, and Carina Mari Aparici. “Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography.Radiol Case Rep 13, no. 2 (April 2018): 464–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.01.027.
Cheung H, Lawhn-Heath C, Lopez G, Vella M, Aparici CM. Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography. Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Apr;13(2):464–7.
Cheung, Hoiwan, et al. “Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography.Radiol Case Rep, vol. 13, no. 2, Apr. 2018, pp. 464–67. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2018.01.027.
Cheung H, Lawhn-Heath C, Lopez G, Vella M, Aparici CM. Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography. Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Apr;13(2):464–467.
Journal cover image

Published In

Radiol Case Rep

DOI

ISSN

1930-0433

Publication Date

April 2018

Volume

13

Issue

2

Start / End Page

464 / 467

Location

Netherlands