Unusual Contiguous Soft Tissue Spread of Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma Detected by FDG PET/CT
10.1007/s13139-016-0425-x
- Author:
Yuyang ZHANG
1
;
Jamie EDWARDS
;
Hadyn WILLIAMS
;
Zhonglin HAO
;
Samir KHLEIF
;
Darko PUCAR
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. dpucar@gru.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Malignantmesothelioma;
Metastases;
FDGPET/CT;
Adjuvant chemotherapy
- MeSH:
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Mesoderm;
Mesothelioma;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pericardium;
Peritoneum;
Pleura;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography;
Prognosis;
Serous Membrane;
Thorax
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2017;51(2):178-181
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a tumor of mesodermal origin that arises from the serosa of the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium or tunica vaginalis. MPM is well known to have a poor prognosis with a median survival time of 12 months. Accurate diagnosis, staging and restaging of MPM are crucial with [18F] flurodeoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET/CT) playing an increasingly important role. Here we report a case of MPM with unusual contiguous soft tissue spread of the tumor along the dermal and fascial planes characterized by PET/CT. Given that the loco-regional tumor in the thorax was under control on PET/CT, the death of the patient was most likely associated with physiologic or metabolic causes associated with an extra-thoracic tumor.
