title: A child with Burkitt lymphoma with pleural, peritoneal, mesenteric, omental, and renal involvement: diagnostics by FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 7-year-old boy presented with increasing abdominal girth and abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a pleural effusion and ascites. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a mass involving the peritoneum, mesentery, and omentum with marked ascites, mesenteric nodules, and renal involvement. Positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scan identified additional tumor within the pleura. PET/CT imaging was helpful in identifying the appropriate pleural mass biopsy site in this patient with Burkitt lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ganghua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Xiangsong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18