Detection of previous brain infarct on PET/CT study of a Hodgkin lymphoma patient.
Positron emission tomography/CT examination was performed to 62-year-old male patient with diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma for treatment response which revealed complete response. During re-evaluation process of this patient in our department, asymmetrical brain metabolism defect of right thalamus and hipometabolism of right parietal lobe was observed. This finding was confirmed with additional CT imaging as a subacute infarct tissue.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fırat University Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
Zehra Pinar
ZP
Koç
Kemal
K
Unal
Tansel Ansal
TA
Balci
Emin Tamer
ET
Elkiran
D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed