18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET in a patient with primary small bowel lymphoma: the only sensitive method of imaging.
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.
Ullerich
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Department of Medicine B, University of Muenster, Germany.
Franzius
C H
CH
Domagk
D
D
Seidel
M
M
Sciuk
J
J
Schober
Domschke
W
W
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
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18