title: Pituitary involvement of langerhans cell histiocytosis in an adult unveiled by FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman with complains of polydipsia and dieresis was admitted to endocrinology service for evaluation and potential treatment of diabetes insipidus. During the hospitalization, the patient was found to have unexplained fever, for which an FDG PET/CT was performed to explore the source. The images revealed multiple regions of abnormal hypermetabolism throughout the body. Notably, there was an intense activity in the region of pituitary stalk. Pathological results after biopsy showed pituitary involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Pathology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Huijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Xinwu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Yifan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18