A corpus luteal cyst masquerading as a lymph node mass on PET/CT scan in a pregnant woman with an anterior mediastinal lymphomatous mass

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 649-651

  Bagga, Sanjeev ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinal mass; Corpus luteal cyst; Iliac lymph node; Lymphoma; PET scan; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS LUTEUM CYST; CYST; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; OVARIAN CYSTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547690953     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180a1ab8f     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Stewart HL, Monto RW. Hodgkin's disease and pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1952;63:570-578.
2. Bentur Y. Prenatal irradiation and cancer. In: Koren G, Lishner M, Farine D, eds. Cancer in Pregnancy. Maternal and Fetal Risks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1996:159-167.
3. Pavlidis NA. Coexistence of pregnancy and malignancy. Oncologist. 2002;7:279-287.
4. Callen PW. Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 2000:806-860.
5. Fenchel S, Grab D, Nuessle K, et al. Asymptomatic adnexal masses: correlation of FDG PET and histopathologic findings. Radiology. 2002;223:780-788.
6. Lerman H, Metser U, Grisaru D, et al. Normal and abnormal 18F-FDG endometrial and ovarian uptake in pre- and postmenopausal patients: assessment by PET/CT. J Nucl Med. 2004;45:266-271.
7. Ho KC, Ng KK, Yen TC, et al. An ovary in luteal phase mimicking common iliac lymph node metastasis from a primary cutaneous peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor as revealed by 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Br J Radiol. 2005;78:343-345.
8. Cottrill HM, Fitzcharles EK, Modesitt SC. Positron emission tomography in a premenopausal asymptomatic woman: a case report of increased ovarian uptake in a benign condition. Int J Gynecol. 2005;6:1127-1130.
9. Kim SK, Kang KW, Roh JW, et al. Incidental ovarian 18 F-FDG accumulation on PET: correlation with the menstrual cycle. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2005;32:757-763.
10. Lerman H, Metser U, Grisaru D, et al. Normal and abnormal 18 F-FDG endometrial and ovarian uptake in pre- and postmenopausal patients: assessment by PET/CT. J Nucl Med. 2004;45:266-271.