We report an unusual case of a solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor (SPPT) with aggressive behavior that occurred in a 16-year-old male patient. ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT showed increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a solid mass of the body of the pancreas, in several liver lesions, and in multiple peritoneal implants, corresponding to an SPPT with liver and peritoneal metastases, respectively. Based on PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to chemotherapy. In this unusual case of pediatric SPPT with aggressive behavior, ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT has been useful in staging the disease and in treatment planning.
Treglia, G., Caporale, N., Rufini, V., Callea, F., Locatelli, F., Giordano, A., Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in an unusual case of solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor in childhood with aggressive behavior., <<CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE>>, 2013; 38 (1): e35-37. [doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31824c5e92] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60859]
Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in an unusual case of solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor in childhood with aggressive behavior.
Rufini, Vittoria;Locatelli, Franco;Giordano, Alessandro
2013
Abstract
We report an unusual case of a solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor (SPPT) with aggressive behavior that occurred in a 16-year-old male patient. ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT showed increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a solid mass of the body of the pancreas, in several liver lesions, and in multiple peritoneal implants, corresponding to an SPPT with liver and peritoneal metastases, respectively. Based on PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to chemotherapy. In this unusual case of pediatric SPPT with aggressive behavior, ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT has been useful in staging the disease and in treatment planning.
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