18F-FDG PET-CT may be a useful imaging modality for guiding treatment and monitoring recurrence in patients with rare malignancies like DSRCT.
Hypothesis-generating for 18F-FDG PET-CT in DSRCT; should not yet change practice.
The desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is an uncommon and highly aggressive cancer. The role of (18)F-FDG PET in management of DSRCT is little reported. We report a case of metastasized abdominal DSRCT detected in a 43-year old patient whose diagnostic and therapeutic approaches were influenced by (18)F-FDG PET-CT. The patient is still alive ten years after diagnosis. (18)F-FDG PET-CT seems to be a useful method for assessing therapeutic efficiency and detecting early recurrences even in rare malignancies such as DSRCT.
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