Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine : IJNM : The Official Journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India | 2021
Pelvic Venous Thromboembolism Leading to Pulmonary Embolism in a Case of Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma Detected on FDG PET/CT
Abstract
Chondroblastic osteosarcoma is an uncommon subtype of osteosarcoma, constituting about 25% of all osteosarcoma cases. It has shown high propensity for developing tumor thrombi and thromboembolism, with poor overall survival rate. Differentiation between tumor thrombus and bland thrombus is an important factor in making treatment decisions. 18 F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography plays a very important role in detecting and differentiating bland thrombus from tumor thrombus.