Published November 9, 2012 | Version v1
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Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma: disease extent and treatment response evaluation

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dong-A University Medical Center, Busan (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Jeonbuk (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Jeonbuk (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL) is a rare form of cutaneous lymphomas, accounting for less than 1% of cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings of SPTCL before and after treatment were rarely reported. We report a case of SPTCL in which F-18 FDG PET/CT showed increased FDG accumulations in numerous subcutaneous nodules without extracutaneous disease. Contrast-enhanced CT during F-18 FDG PET/CT showed multiple minimally enhancing nodules with an infiltrative pattern in the subcutaneous layer throughout the body. Follow-up F-18 FDG PET/CT after three cycles of CHOP chemotherapy showed a complete metabolic remission of the lesions. F-18 FDG PET/CT is suggested to be useful in assessing the disease activity, extent and treatment response in SPTCL

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10019-012-0017-z; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572891

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572891;
DOI
10.2478/v10019-012-0017-z;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiology and Oncology
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 279-283
ISSN
1318-2099

INIS

Country of Publication
Slovenia
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46051445
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BUILDUP; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LYMPHOMAS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY

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Copyright (c) by Association of Radiology & Oncology
Notes
PMCID: PMC3572891; PMID: 23412422; PUBLISHER-ID: rado-46-04-278; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3572891; This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).