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.
Authors
- Chin‐Ho Tsao
- En Ting Lin
- Ming-Che Wu
- Ku-Hung Lin
- Hao-Wei Chen
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0000000000006606
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00