Secondary malignant lymphoma of the central nervous system with delayed high uptake on 123I-IMP single-photon emission computerized tomography. Case report.
A case of secondary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma with high uptake in the delayed image of N-isopropyl-[123I]-p-iodoamphetamine (125I-IMP) single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) is presented. Previous to this report, only six cases of brain tumor with high uptake on the delayed 123I-IMP SPECT scan have been reported, two of which were CNS malignant lymphomas. Of 19 brain tumors examined with 123I-IMP SPECT at Kameda General Hospital, this case was the only one that showed high uptake in the delayed image. These data imply that 123I-IMP SPECT, which has now become rather obsolete as a tumor-imaging method, can be useful in diagnosing CNS malignant lymphoma.
Kitanaka
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kameda General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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Kokubo
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D000328:Adult; D000662:Amphetamines; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D000662:Amphetamines; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine