title: Hypermetabolic pulmonary and bone marrow lesions in a patient with chronic adult T-cell leukemia.
abstract: A 69 years old woman with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) (chronic type) was referred for a fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT). Multiple hypermetabolic pulmonary and bone lesions were evidence. The patient underwent chemotherapy, but did not respond, and she died approximately 8 months from the onset of symptoms. Autopsy showed ATL cells infiltrating the lung parenchyma and the pulmonary hilum. In conclusion, we present a case of hypermetabolic pulmonary lesions associated with thoracic CT findings on a (18)F-FDG PET/CT scan in a patient with a chronic adult T-cell leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, PET Center and Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan. hayato@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaida
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Yasumitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000556:secondary*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000556:secondary*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18