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Year : 2017 | Volume
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18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings of pancreatic hemangiopericytoma
Funda Ustun1, Salim Aksoy2, Burcu Dirlik Serim3, Gülay Durmus Altun1
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey 2 epartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kırklareli Public Hospital, Kırklareli, Turkey 3 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology Institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Funda Ustun Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Balkan Campus, 22030 Edirne Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_24_17
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A 42-year-old woman with a large pancreatic tumor had undergone 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) imaging. Moderate metabolic activity was detected on the head of the pancreas. The tumor was resected and it was histopathologically diagnosed as malign pancreatic hemangiopericytoma (HPC). HPC is a rare soft tissue sarcoma. The tumor is considered aggressive with high rates of local recurrence and metastasis regardless the localization. Herein, we present the imaging characteristics of HPC with 18F-FDG PET/CT.
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