Imaging Findings of Pelvic Tumor Thrombosis Extending from Sacral Bone Metastasis of Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Kenichiro Ishida,
Yusuke Inoue,
Reiko Woodhams,
Yuji Asano,
Toshimasa Hara
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6862
pISSN - 2090-6870
DOI - 10.1155/2012/919603
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenocortical carcinoma , metastasis , thrombosis , radiology , general surgery , pathology , surgery , cancer
We report the imaging findings of a patient with adrenocortical carcinoma who showed pelvic tumor thrombosis extending from sacral bone metastasis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrated extensive intraluminal filling defects in the pelvic veins. A lytic lesion in the sacrum was also noted and continuity between the sacral lesion and the filling defect in the branch of pelvic veins was indicated. The filling defects showed increased uptake on positron emission tomography with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose and single-photon emission computed tomography with 131 I-iodomethylnorcholesterol, and fusion images with computed tomography aided the localization of the increased uptake areas. Multimodality imaging may be beneficial for the characterization and localization of lesions in patients suspected of having metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma.
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