TY - JOUR T1 - <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Prediction of an Aggressive Clinical Course for Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology JO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol. SP - 88 LP - 89 DO - 10.2967/jnmt.115.163212 VL - 44 IS - 2 AU - Sandip Basu AU - Fahim Goliwale Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/2/88.abstract N2 - 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. ER -