title: Widespread hypermetabolic lesions due to multicentric form of Castleman disease as the cause of fever of unknown origin revealed by FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 46-year-old male patient presented with fever for over 5 months. An FDG PET/CT was acquired to evaluate the source of the fever. The images showed many hypermetabolic foci throughout the imaged regions, which mainly corresponded to enlarged lymph nodes. Pathological examination demonstrated that the patient suffered from a multicentric form of Castleman disease.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yanru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Libo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18