title: Intraspinal canal neurolymphomatosis detected by FDG-PET/CT.
abstract: A 64-year-old man complained of pain in the left side of his neck and chest. Subsequently, the symptoms were aggravated and paralyzes of the left upper and lower extremities appeared. With the diagnosis of polyneuritis, steroid pulse therapy was started, but he showed no improvement in symptoms. An FDG-PET/CT scan was performed. FDG accumulated in the lumbar spinal canal and along the left brachial and bilateral lumbosacral plexuses, suggesting involvement by malignant tumors. These findings appeared to be consistent with the clinical and cytologic diagnosis of malignant lymphoma. After systemic chemotherapy, all the above-mentioned accumulations disappeared and he achieved a complete remission.
authors.affiliation: Nagoya PET Imaging Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. mnishio@kaikou.or.jp
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibamoto
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18