The Diagnostic Hurdle of an Elderly Male with Bone Pain: How 18F-FDG-PET Led to Diagnosis of a Leiomyosarcoma of the Adrenal Gland

It is uncommon for patients to present with bone metastases while the primary tumor is still unknown. The case of a patient with bone metastases as primary presentation of leiomyosarcoma, who was diagnosed after a 18 F-FDG PET-CT and a CT-guided biopsy of the adrenal gland is described. If after rou...

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Published in:Anticancer research 2009-02, Vol.29 (2), p.469-472
Main Authors: VAN LAARHOVEN, Hanneke W. M, VINKEN, Maarten, MUS, Roel, FLUCKE, Uta, OYEN, Wim J. G, VAN DER GRAAF, Winette T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Dermatology
Fatal Outcome
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Leiomyosarcoma - diagnostic imaging
Leiomyosarcoma - secondary
Male
Medical sciences
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Tumors
Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions
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Summary:It is uncommon for patients to present with bone metastases while the primary tumor is still unknown. The case of a patient with bone metastases as primary presentation of leiomyosarcoma, who was diagnosed after a 18 F-FDG PET-CT and a CT-guided biopsy of the adrenal gland is described. If after routine physical, laboratory and radiological investigations no diagnosis can be made, 18 F-FDG PET should be added to the conventional work-up of patients with unknown primary cancer. In this way, unnecessary and enduring suffering of symptomatic patients may be prevented.
ISSN:0250-7005
1791-7530