title: 18F-FDG PET/CT Findings in a Splenic Lymphangioma.
abstract: A 16-year-old girl with abdominal pain for 3 years underwent FDG PET/CT scan for evaluating identifiable origin. The images showed multifocal, subcapsular thin-walled low-attenuation masses on CT and focal, slight increased ¹⁸F-FDG uptake on PET with an SUV(max) of 3.0. Based on the findings, malignancy cannot be excluded. Then, pathologic examination was performed, and it was identified to be splenic lymphangioma. We herein presented the FDG PET/CT findings of this splenic lymphangioma, which is a rare benign vascular tumor and commonly caused by congenital malformation of the lymphatic vessels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan Universitiy, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Anren
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18