title: FDG PET/CT Findings of the Recurrent Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient With Right Leg Pain as the Only Complaint.
abstract: The most commonly observed symptoms of posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) after a liver transplantation were diarrhea and fever. Although PTLD can involve bones, bone pain is a rare manifestation of PTLD, much less to say a sole presentation. We report a case of a pediatric patient with recurrent PTLD after liver transplantation, whose only complaint was right tibial pain. FDG PET/CT revealed not only hypermetabolic activity in the right proximal tibia but also in many other parts of the body. Recurrent PTLD was confirmed after bone biopsy.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, P.R. China; and †Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18