PET/CT images of a patient with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare immune disorder that predominantly affects macrophages and T lymphocytes and leads to multiple organ disease and death. The characteristic pathological finding in the bone marrow and the other affected tissues is haemophagocytosis of macrophages (macrophages digesting erythrocyte). Primary (hereditary) and secondary (acquired) forms of the disease are present. A patient with documented HLH disease revealed by positron emission tomography/CT is reported in this paper.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fırat University Hospital, Elazig, Turkey. zehrapinarkoc@gmail.com
Zehra Pinar
ZP
Koç
Saadet
S
Akarsu
Tansel
T
Balci
Kemal
K
Unal
D000293:Adolescent; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D051359:Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed