Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Table of Contents Nuklearmedizin 2014; 53(02): N8-N9DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3399412 Case report Schattauer GmbH Multiple cardiac masses and distant metastatic foci in a patient with high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the heart revealed by follow-up FDG PET/CT L. Uslu Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey , S. Asa Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey , S. Sager Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey , M. Halaç Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey› Author AffiliationsRecommend Article Abstract Buy Article Undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the heart is a rare clinical entity and efficiency of FDG PET/CT in this tumour was not well studied. Full Text References References 1 Harisankar CN, Mittal BR, Agrawal KL. et al. Utility of high fat and low carbohydrate diet in suppressing myocardial FDG uptake. J Nucl Cardiol 2011; 18: 926-936 2 Bendel EC, Maleszewski JJ, Araoz PA. Imaging sarcomas of the great vessels and heart. Semin Ultrasound CT MRI 2011; 32: 377-404 3 Turker Y, Kayan M, Munduz M. et al. Atrial angiosarcoma imaged by 18F FDG PET/CT. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2011; 11: 15-18 4 Juergens KU, Hoffmeier A, Riemann B. et al. Early detection of local tumour recurrence and pulmonary metastasis in cardiac angiosarcoma with PET-CT and MRI. Eur Heart J 2007; 28: 663-663 5 Zhang M, Li B, Jiang X. PET/CT imaging in a case of cardiac liposarcoma. J Nucl Cardiol 2008; 15: 473-475
