Multiple intraabdominal purulent collections demonstrated on FDG PET/CT in staging of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
A 56-year-old man, recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was referred for a FDG PET/CT scan to stage disease. Unexpected large fluid collections with FDG-avid peripheries and central photopenia were demonstrated in the abdomen and pelvis on the FDG PET/CT study. The collections were urgently drained with subsequent resolution. After antibiotic treatment, repeat FDG PET/CT study confirmed rapidly progressive lymphoma necessitating urgent chemotherapy.
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
Jonathan
J
Tow
Han
H
Loh
Chuong
C
Bui
Stephen
S
Fuller
Robert
R
Mansberg
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18