Aggressive Metastasis With Silent PET/CT
Primary splenic angiosarcoma is a rare, aggressive malignancy carrying a poor prognosis. A 65-year-old woman with a pathologically confirmed well-differentiated splenic angiosarcoma developed liver metastases 5 months into follow-up. Subsequent 18F-FDG and 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT imaging revealed a "dual-negative" pattern, demonstrating no significant radiotracer uptake in the metastatic liver lesions. Despite well-differentiated histology, the tumor showed rapid progression, confirming aggressive behavior in well-differentiated angiosarcoma. The high-grade splenic angiosarcoma demonstrated negative findings on dual-tracer PET/CT, underscoring that vigilance and comprehensive multimodal evaluation are crucial for such occult malignancies.
Authors
- Miaomiao Xie
- Weijing Tao
- Rui Sun
- Hongchao Zhu
- haiyan liu
Institutions
- Xuzhou Medical College (CN)
- Huaian First People’s Hospital (CN)
- Second People’s Hospital of Huai’an (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0000000000006391
- Primary Topic
- Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Nanjing Medical University