title: B cell lymphoma: a case with localized involvement of the prostate on F-18-FDG examination.
abstract: An 80-year-old man had symptoms of urinary retention. Biopsy of the prostate revealed B cell lymphoma. To evaluate the extent of the disease, an F-18 FDG study was performed with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT). One hour after intravenous administration of 18.5 mCi F-18 FDG, imaging was carried out from the skull base to the upper thigh. An area of moderately increased activity was noted within the prostate bed. A noncontrast CT, for attenuation correction and anatomic localization, revealed maintenance of fat planes around the prostate, indicating disease localized to that organ. Hence, a B cell lymphoma had been localized to the prostate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-2804, USA.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Solis
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18