FDG PET utility in paraneoplastic sweet syndrome.
We describe a 43-year-old woman who presented a sudden onset of fever and migratory arthralgias. Physical examination revealed tender, well-demarcated erythematous papules and plaques, consistent with a Sweet syndrome. After developing systemic symptoms with hepatomegaly, a liver biopsy and FDG PET imaging demonstrated the presence of an aggressive and extended non-Hodgkin T-cell lymphoma. This case highlights the usefulness of FDG PET imaging for the screening of this paraneoplastic syndrome.
Krug
Bruno
B
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mont-Godinne Medical Center, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium. bruno.king@mnuc.ucl.ac.be
Sonet
Anne
A
Pirson
Anne-Sophie
AS
Mahy
Nathalie
N
Bosly
André
A
Borght
Thierry Vander
TV
D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18