Leiomyoma Originated From Inferior Vena Cava Mimicking an Adrenal Malignant Tumor on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Zhanli Fu; Meng Liu; Ziao Li; Jin Zhang; Qian Li

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001633

Leiomyoma Originated From Inferior Vena Cava Mimicking an Adrenal Malignant Tumor on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jul;42(7):558-559. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001633.

Authors

Zhanli Fu¹, Meng Liu, Ziao Li, Jin Zhang, Qian Li

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China; and ‡Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

PMID: 28263218
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001633

Abstract

PET/CT was performed on an asymptomatic 62-year-old woman with a suspected adrenal mass and revealed the lesion with high F-FDG avidity and inferior vena cava involvement. A malignant nonfunctioning adrenal tumor was suspected. However, histopathology of the resected lesion revealed a leiomyoma arising from the inferior vena cava.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Middle Aged
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18