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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul 29;10(1):169-72.
doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2010.0024.

Multiple FDG-avid sclerosing hemangiomas mimicking pulmonary metastases in a case of soft tissue sarcoma

Nilendu C Purandare  1 , Sumeet G Dua, Sneha Shah, Anshu R Sharma, Pallavi V Suryawanshi, Venkatesh Rangarajan
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Multiple FDG-avid sclerosing hemangiomas mimicking pulmonary metastases in a case of soft tissue sarcoma

Nilendu C Purandare et al. Cancer Imaging. .

Abstract

Non-neoplastic lesions have been known to mimic malignancies and metastases on positron emission tomography/computed tomography. We report the rare occurrence of multiple fluorodeoxyglucose-concentrating sclerosing hemangiomas in a patient with soft tissue sarcoma mimicking lung metastases.

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Figure 1
Coronal PET (a) and coronal fusion PET/CT (b) images show increased FDG uptake at the site of the primary soft tissue sarcoma in the right hand (arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial PET (a,g) and coronal PET (d) images show FDG-avid foci in the lungs (arrows). Axial CT (b,h) and coronal reformatted (e) images in lung window show bilateral lung nodules (arrows) corresponding to the FDG-avid foci. Fusion PET/CT images (c,f,i) confirm the findings seen in the PET and CT images.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Photomicrograph (H&E stain, 200×) showing cuboidal cells arranged in papillary fronds (arrow).
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