Intradural-Extramedullary Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma with a Negative Result on Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography.
Yusuke TomomatsuYoichi IizukaTokue MiedaJunko HiratoHiromi KoshiHiroyuki SonodaSho IshiwataYohei KakutaAkira HondaTsuyoshi TajikaHirotaka ChikudaPublished in: Case reports in orthopedics (2019)
Intradural-extramedullary solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma (SFT/HPC) is a rare entity. SFT/HPCs can recur after surgery, even if a benign histology of the tumor is observed. We herein report a 68-year-old woman with intradural-extramedullary SFT/HPC. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the intradural-extramedullary mass was isointense on T1-weighted images and hypointense on T2-weighted images with heterogeneous gadolinium enhancement. Whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) was also performed, showing no accumulation. We performed surgery for the intradural-extramedullary mass, and the pathological findings of the resected specimen were a benign histology consistent with World Health Organization (WHO) grade I SFT/HPC. She had no evidence of tumor recurrence three years after the surgery for intradural-extramedullary SFT/HPC. 18F-FDG-PET/CT before surgery may be useful for predicting the postoperative behavior of spinal SFT/HPCs.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- minimally invasive
- pet imaging
- coronary artery bypass
- deep learning
- magnetic resonance
- lymph node
- convolutional neural network
- image quality
- patients undergoing
- diffusion weighted imaging
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- spinal cord injury
- optical coherence tomography
- atrial fibrillation