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Jejunal Undifferentiated Spindle Cell Sarcoma with Intussusception Revealed by 18F-FDG PET/CT

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.99810

  • Haiyan Li
  • Xia Lu

Received Date: 27.09.2023 Accepted Date: 29.12.2023 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 0;0(0):0-0 [e-Pub]

Spindle cell sarcoma is a malignant tumor with low incidence. They can occur in the soft tissue, bone, or viscera. The characteristics of morphology, density, and metabolism of spindle cell sarcoma are related to the location of the lesion. A 61-year-old woman presented with vomiting after eating for 2 weeks. Signs of peritoneal irritation were involved, but no response for symptomatic treatment included antiemetic and antispasmodic therapy. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) indicated a mass in the intestinal tract in the pelvic cavity. Then, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/CT was performed, which interestingly detected a jejunal malignancy mass in the left upper abdomen with annular high uptake of 18F-FDG, which was complicated by intussusception and intestinal obstruction. Finally, the jejunal mass was pathologically clarified as an undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma.

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT, jejunum, undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma, intussusception, intestinal obstruction