Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Thymus Presenting as Constrictive Pericarditis Diagnosed With 18F-FDG PET/CT
| Autor: | Rama Krishna Prasad, Milap Milap, Vankadari Kousik, Rajesh Bollam, Gopi Krishna |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Constrictive pericarditis
Male medicine.medical_specialty Doppler echocardiography Malignancy Pericardial effusion 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Pericarditis 0302 clinical medicine Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography medicine Carcinoma Pericardium Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Thymic carcinoma Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Pericarditis Constrictive General Medicine Thymus Neoplasms medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis cardiovascular system Carcinoma Squamous Cell Radiology business circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 46(1) |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 |
| Popis: | Constrictive pericarditis refers to focal or global thickening of pericardium causing impedance to diastolic filling and increased systemic venous pressure. We discuss a case of thymic carcinoma presenting as constrictive pericarditis. A 70-year-old man experiencing shortness of breath underwent Doppler echocardiography for further evaluation. Echocardiography was suggestive of thickened nodular pericardium with minimal pericardial effusion, and Doppler features were suggestive of constrictive pericarditis. F-FDG PET/CT done to exclude malignancy reveals locally advanced thymic carcinoma spreading along the pericardial sheath with metabolically active rib metastases. |
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