Open Access18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in childhood metastatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver: Altering the management plan
Author(s) -
Ashwin Singh Parihar,
Shelvin Kumar Vadi,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,
Harmandeep Singh,
Rajender Kumar,
Arunanshu Behera
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/wjnm.wjnm_86_18
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , epithelioid hemangioendothelioma , radiology , vascular tumor , positron emission tomography computed tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , computed tomography , metastasis , positron emission , tomography , nuclear medicine , pathology , cancer , immunohistochemistry
Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is an uncommon vascular tumor, primarily seen in 20–40 years of age. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy with EHE and distant metastases identified on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT), leading to a change in the management plan.18F-FDG PET/CT proved to be useful in identifying the rare sites of metastasis and planning further treatment.