title: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET in a patient with primary small bowel lymphoma: the only sensitive method of imaging.
abstract: This report describes the case of a patient with primary small bowel lymphoma. Well-established methods of imaging did not give a hint on diagnosis. Increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake was visualized on performance of positron emission tomography, corresponding with the intraoperatively found tumorous process. The present case points to a potential superiority of positron emission tomography in visualizing primary small bowel lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ullerich
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Franzius
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Domagk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sciuk
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Domschke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18