title: [Features of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-related Lymphoma on (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the imaging features of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography(PET)/computed tomography (CT) in acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related lymphoma (ARL) patients correlated with their clinical signs, symptoms, and treatments.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five ARL patients underwent ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT at Peking Union Medical College Hospital from October 2008 to January 2013. Two patients received two additional follow-up studies 6 months later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among these 5 patients, ¹⁸FDG-PET/CT helped in diagnosis of two patient and changed therapeutic strategy in other two patients. In two patients underwent ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT brain scans, low-metabolism lesion was newly found in cerebral cortex. Of 4 patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy, PET/CT also demonstrated diffusely elevated ¹⁸F-FDG uptake in subcutaneous adipose tissue in two patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT is a highly useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of ARL patients, in particular in the identification of associated encephalopathy and lipodystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Zhao-hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Yan-ru
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Hai-qun
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18