PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sandip Basu
AU  - Fahim Goliwale
TI  - <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Prediction of an Aggressive Clinical Course for Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.115.163212
DP  - 2016 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 88--89
VI  - 44
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/2/88.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/2/88.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2016 Jun 01; 44
AB  - The ability to assess tumor biology is a benefit of molecular imaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT, which performs better than anatomic imaging in evaluating malignancies. We present an unusual case of fatal dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a usually indolent entity for which high-grade 18F-FDG uptake was predictive of an aggressive clinical course unabated by tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate, to which the patient showed a poor response.