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F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron-Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in a Case of Extensive Multi-Organal Extranodal Lymphoma with Cardiac Involvement Mimicking Apical Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Staging and Response Evaluation

Authors :
Ashwin Singh Parihar
Rajender Kumar
Pankaj Malhotra
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Shelvin Kumar Vadi
Harmandeep Singh
Source :
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine : IJNM : The Official Journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2018.

Abstract

18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is a standard imaging tool in staging as well as response evaluation for lymphoma. Here, we present a young male with extensive extranodal lymphoma with cardiac involvement which presented as diffuse myocardial lesion mimicking hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. 18F-FDG PET/CT helped in the staging by revealing multiple systemic involvements. Interim PET after three cycles of chemotherapy showed a complete metabolic response to therapy in all the extranodal sites including the cardiac involvement, thus retrospectively confirming the lymphomatous involvement. Previous literature also conforms to the superior role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the clinical management of extensive extranodal lymphoma.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09740244 and 09723919
Volume :
33
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine : IJNM : The Official Journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b4a1aee985d75e2f705d7743e2ec2a4a