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FDG-PET/CT successfully demonstrated the primary lymphangiosarcoma lesion and its distant metastases in a 34-year-old woman with chronic lymphedema.
Case Report (n=1)
FDG-PET/CT is useful for identifying the primary lesion and distant metastases in patients with lymphangiosarcoma.
May support FDG-PET/CT for lymphangiosarcoma staging; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Lymphangiosarcoma is a well-recognized complication of chronic lymphedema. We present a rare case of lymphangiosarcoma in a 34-year-old woman who presented with a mass on her left lymphedematous leg. Her leg had become persistently swollen in the weeks during pregnancy and a clinical diagnosis of lymphedema was made, initially. During the third trimester, she developed an ulcerated mass lesion. MRI and FDG-PET/CT scans were performed after delivery. MRI demonstrated a 6 × 8 × 9.5 cm mass in the left thigh. Biopsy of the lesion was consistent with lymphangiosarcoma. FDG-PET/CT demonstrated the primary lesion and its distant metastases.
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Kara et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Lymphangiosarcoma (n=1). FDG-PET/CT and MRI was evaluated on Detection of primary lesion and distant metastases. FDG-PET/CT successfully demonstrated the primary lymphangiosarcoma lesion and its distant metastases in a 34-year-old woman with chronic lymphedema.
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