FDG PET/CT Findings of Unsuspected Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma Manifested as a Brain Metastasis

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Aug;44(8):e489-e491. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002544.

Abstract

A 42-year-old man presented paroxysmal sharp pain in the right side of the head. Head CT showed a lesion in the right frontal lobe. MRI of the head suggested the possibility of metastasis. FDG PET/CT showed increased uptake corresponding to lesions in the right frontal lobe of the brain, the left upper lobe of lung, and the left adrenal gland, respectively. Cerebral and pulmonary lesions were both resected. Histopathology confirmed that both lesions are primary epithelioid angiosarcomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18