title: Primary pulmonary lymphoma-role of fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the initial staging and evaluating response to treatment - case reports and review of literature.
abstract: Primary pulmonary lymphoma (PPL) is an uncommon entity of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which accounts for <1% of all cases of lymphoma. We present two rare cases of PPL of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which underwent (18)fluorine fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography for initial staging and response evaluation after chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Krishan Kant
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Halanaik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dhanapathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Aftab Hasan
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Nazar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; primary pulmonary lymphoma; treatment response evaluation