Pancreatoblastoma With Metastatic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node and PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Nov;42(11):e482-e483. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001822.

Abstract

A previously healthy 4-year-old girl presented with petechial rash and low platelet count. There were no other symptoms. On abdominal ultrasound, a 4.7-cm heterogeneous mass was demonstrated anterior to the left kidney. An abdominal MRI subsequently performed demonstrated a heterogeneously enhancing mass at the same location extending to the pancreas and spleen. A surgical biopsy of the mass was obtained. Pathology reported a malignant epithelioid neoplasm consistent with pancreatoblastoma. The mass demonstrated intense FDG uptake on PET and an FDG avid retrocaval lymph node.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Retroperitoneal Space / pathology
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Supplementary concepts

  • Pancreatoblastoma