Rare Tumors (Jul 2009)

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: impact of 18F-FDG PET induced treatment strategy in a patient with long-term outcome

  • Alessio Imperiale,
  • André Constantinesco,
  • Kun-Lun Liu,
  • Sébastien Cimarelli,
  • Dorra Ben-Sellem

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. e19 – e19

Abstract

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The desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is an uncommon and highly aggressive cancer. The role of 18F-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 18F-FDG PET-CT. The patient is still alive ten years after diagnosis. 18F-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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