Diffuse pulmonary uptake on FDG-PET with normal CT diagnosed as intravascular large B-cell lymphoma: A case report and a discussion of the causes of diffuse FDG uptake in the lungs

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-12

  Thomas, Wagner ^a,b   Brechemier, D ^a   Dugert, E ^a   Le Guellec, S ^a   Julian, A ^a   Hitzel, A ^a   Beyne Rauzy, O ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Lung uptake; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; PARESIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDNISONE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84857000123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2012.0002     Document Type: Article

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