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Year : 2020 | Volume
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Impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography imaging in a case of pericardial cavernous hemangioma
Harmandeep Singh1, Vaishnavi Dasagrandhi1, Rajender Kumar1, Rupesh Kumar2, Bhagwant Rai Mittal1
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 2 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Harmandeep Singh Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012 India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_69_20
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Hemangiomas are extremely rare tumors of the heart that may present with pericardial effusion, dyspnea, chest discomfort, palpitations, or syncope. Few published reports have highlighted the utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) in the evaluation of cardiac lesions. We report a case demonstrating the utility of 18F-FDG PET-CT in a young man who presented with gross pericardial effusion and suspicion of metastatic carcinoma on fluid cytology.
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