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18F-FDG PET/CT scan detailed the initial and follow-up findings in a rare case of biopsy-proven epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with multi-organ involvement.
Case Report (n=1)
18F-FDG PET/CT is a useful imaging modality for evaluating multi-organ involvement and monitoring follow-up in patients with rare malignant vascular neoplasms like epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
18F-FDG PET/CT may aid multi-organ assessment in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; hypothesis-generating, requiring prospective validation.
Our case highlights the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) scan findings in a rare case of biopsy-proven epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) in a 66-year-old woman with multi-organ involvement (lung, liver, and bone) who was subsequently treated with palliative radiation therapy and oral pazopanib. Furthermore, follow-up 18F-FDG PET/CT findings are detailed. EHE is a rare malignant vascular neoplasm (<1% of all vascular tumors) with an epithelioid and histiocytoid appearance arising from the vascular endothelial and preendothelial cells.
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Nisamudeen et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (n=1). 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) was evaluated on 18F-FDG PET/CT scan findings. 18F-FDG PET/CT scan detailed the initial and follow-up findings in a rare case of biopsy-proven epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with multi-organ involvement.
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