Rare Metastases to Liver and Spleen form a Seldom Case of Facial Angiosarcoma Demonstrated on Staging FDG PET-CT
Angiosarcoma is a rare type of soft-tissue sarcoma, constituting only 1% out of all soft-tissue sarcomas pathologically originating from lymphatic or vascular endothelial cells. Angiosarcomas are reported to be very aggressive with a high incidence of metastases to different sites; therefore, it is very important to determine disease extension and detect local recurrence and/or distant metastases for appropriate management. We report a case of a 55-year-old Indian male who presented with soft-tissue thickening of the left cheek for which biopsy revealed angiosarcoma and was referred for fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) to assess the extent of disease highlighting the potential role of FDG PET/CT in rare malignancies like angiosarcomas.
Authors
- Prateek Kaushik
- Dikhra Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8755-2013)
- Rahul Viswanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4984-169X)
- Rakesh Kumar
- Sambit Sagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-5443)
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_104_22
- Primary Topic
- Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00