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Angiosarcoma
Data on angiosarcoma described by researchers at Tsukuba University
March 17th, 2009
"A case of splenic angiosarcoma is described with FDG PET findings. The patient was 53-year-old male had epigastric pain and weight loss," scientists in Tsukuba, Japan report. "FDG PET/CT revealed a solitary splenic tumor of 140 mm invading the liver and left diaphragm. FDG accumulated in the periphery of the tumor. Five months after operation, recurrence was found in the surgical bed as an FDG-avid tumor," wrote T. Abe and colleagues, Tsukuba University. The researchers concluded: "FDG PET is thought to be useful in detecting primary splenic angiosarcoma and recurrence." Abe and colleagues published their study in Clinical...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-17)
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