title: Serendipitous Detection of Hodgkin Lymphoma by 18F-NaF PET/CT.
abstract: A 17-year-old girl underwent F-NaF PET/CT to evaluate bone pain after an accident. The images did not identify any osseous lesion. However, there was a focally increased activity in the left upper chest, which corresponded to a partially calcified soft tissue mass in the mediastinum, suggestive of malignancy. The result led to subsequent F-FDG PET/CT imaging, which demonstrated intense activity in the mediastinal mass and in multiple cervical, supraclavicular, and mediastinal lymph nodes. Hodgkin lymphoma was diagnosed histopathologically following the biopsy.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine and †Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fuqiang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Jingbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhanwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D012969:Sodium Fluoride