[Findings of the (18)F-FDG PET-CT in a cardiac angiosarcoma complicated by a cardiac rupture]

Abstract

Primary malignant tumors of the heart are a rare condition. The most common type is the cardiac angiosarcoma. The symptoms of this disease are very nonspecific and can be very difficult to diagnose by conventional imaging techniques. We report the case of a male patient with cardiac angiosarcoma who also had a rare complication, this being cardiac rupture, which required the use of (18)F-FDG PET-CT to demonstrate the mass malignancy and to reach a definitive diagnosis.

Keywords: (18)F-FDG; Angiosarcoma cardíaco; Cardiac angiosarcoma; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography; Resonancia magnética; Tomografía computarizada; Tomografía por emisión de positrones con tomografía multicorte.