Metastatic Gastrointestinal Neuroectodermal Tumor Mimicking a Benign Hepatic Hemangioma on MRI

Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor (GNET) is a rare sarcoma with limited imaging data. We report the case of a 27-year-old man with proximal jejunal GNET. During posttreatment surveillance after segmental resection and adjuvant chemotherapy, liver MRI showed a 0.8-cm caudate lobe lesion initially interpreted as a hemangioma. Eight months later, 18 F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated intense focal uptake (early/delayed SUVmax: 7.54/9.13), and repeat MRI showed interval enlargement to 1.4 cm, favoring hepatic metastasis instead of hemangioma. Radiofrequency ablation was performed, and follow-up imaging studies showed no evidence of residual or recurrent disease.

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Clinical Nuclear Medicine
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2026-08-03
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https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0000000000006606
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Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
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Metastatic Gastrointestinal Neuroectodermal Tumor Mimicking a Benign Hepatic Hemangioma on MRI

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Abstract

Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor (GNET) is a rare sarcoma with limited imaging data. We report the case of a 27-year-old man with proximal jejunal GNET. During posttreatment surveillance after segmental resection and adjuvant chemotherapy, liver MRI showed a 0.8-cm caudate lobe lesion initially interpreted as a hemangioma. Eight months later, 18 F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated intense focal uptake (early/delayed SUVmax: 7.54/9.13), and repeat MRI showed interval enlargement to 1.4 cm, favoring hepatic metastasis instead of hemangioma. Radiofrequency ablation was performed, and follow-up imaging studies showed no evidence of residual or recurrent disease.

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