F-18 FDG PET/CT Findings of Subcutaneous Panniculitis - Like T- Cell Lymphoma : A Case Report.
- Author:
Eun Jung KONG
1
;
Ihn Ho CHO
;
Kyung Ah CHUN
;
Yeung Kyung BAE
;
Joon Hyuk CHOI
;
Myung Soo HYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea . nuclear126@ynu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
PET/CT;
subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma;
hemophagocytic syndrome
- MeSH:
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, T-Cell;
Panniculitis;
Young Adult
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2009;43(3):240-244
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
F-18 FDG PET is a metabolic imaging modality that is efficacious in staging and assessment of treatment response for variety of lymphomas. We report usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in evaluating severity of the disease and response to therapy in a patient with subcutaneous panniculitis- like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL). Here we describe a case of SPTCL in 24-year-old man who had wide spread firm and tender nodular lesions with increased F-18 FDG uptake. After chemotherapy follow up F-18 FDG PET/CT image shows disseminated malignancy and then the patient died with hemophagocytic syndrome. This report suggests that F-18 FDG PET/CT may be useful in determining disease activity at the time of initial diagnosis, after treatment, and evaluating a suspected outcome of SPTCL.
