RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 88
OP 89
DO 10.2967/jnmt.115.163212
VO 44
IS 2
A1 Sandip Basu
A1 Fahim Goliwale
YR 2016
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/2/88.abstract
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.