Leiomyosarcomas originating from the inferior vena cava are very rare malignant tumors with an extremely poor prognosis. We report FDG PET/CT findings of pathology-proven hepatic metastases from leiomyosarcoma originating from the inferior vena cava in a young woman whose initial presentation was worsening abdominal and chest pain.
Received for publication August 9, 2020; revision accepted August 12, 2020.
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 81671718, 81873903, 91959119). None declared to all authors.
Correspondence to: Xiaohua Zhu, MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, China. E-mail: evazhu@vip.sina.com.
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