Intra-abdominal Kikuchi's Disease Mimicking Malignant Lymphoma on FDG PET-CT.
- Author:
Hye Suk HAN
1
;
Gi Hyun KIM
;
Young Shim CHO
;
Hye Jin JOO
;
Ok Jun LEE
;
Dong Hee RYU
;
Ki Hyeong LEE
;
Seung Taik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheong-ju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Abdomen;
Kikuchi's disease;
positron-emission tomography
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Electrons;
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis;
Humans;
Hydrazines;
Incidence;
Lymph Nodes;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Young Adult
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2009;43(4):363-365
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Kikuchi's disease is a self-limiting benign disease characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, but it can be mistaken for malignant disease, and when involved lymph nodes are unusually located, diagnosis can be more difficult. The authors report the case of a 19-year-old man with Kikuchi's disease, who had isolated intraabdominal lymphadenopathy and increased 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in positron emission tomographycomputed tomography (PET-CT). Although its incidence is extremely rare, intra-abdominal Kikuchi's disease with increased FDG uptake in PET-CT image should be considered in the differential diagnosis when constitutional symptoms mimic those of malignant lymphoma.
