Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement

Heterogeneous patchy marrow uptake on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in a histologically proven case of lymphoma is usually considered a virtually pathognomonic sign of lymphomatous involvement. Here, we present a young male patient of T-cell-rich no...

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Main Authors: Arun Reddy Gorla, Bhagwant Mittal, Anish Bhattacharya, Pankaj Malhotra, Subhash Varma
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-01-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.167596
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Pankaj Malhotra
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description Heterogeneous patchy marrow uptake on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in a histologically proven case of lymphoma is usually considered a virtually pathognomonic sign of lymphomatous involvement. Here, we present a young male patient of T-cell-rich non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), an uncommon morphologic variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), who had undergone three sequential PET/CT scans at our department during the course of his therapy. These images depict the need for careful direct comparison of the current study with the previous PET/CT studies to avoid erroneous interpretation.
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spelling doaj-art-9e11e082a19a472882ca242ea29b1b3e2025-08-20T02:54:43ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.World Journal of Nuclear Medicine1450-11471607-33122016-01-011501596110.4103/1450-1147.167596Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvementArun Reddy Gorla0Bhagwant Mittal1Anish Bhattacharya2Pankaj Malhotra3Subhash Varma4Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, IndiaHeterogeneous patchy marrow uptake on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in a histologically proven case of lymphoma is usually considered a virtually pathognomonic sign of lymphomatous involvement. Here, we present a young male patient of T-cell-rich non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), an uncommon morphologic variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), who had undergone three sequential PET/CT scans at our department during the course of his therapy. These images depict the need for careful direct comparison of the current study with the previous PET/CT studies to avoid erroneous interpretation.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.167596fluorodeoxyglucosepositron emission tomography/computed tomographyt-cell-rich non-hodgkin lymphomabone marrow
spellingShingle Arun Reddy Gorla
Bhagwant Mittal
Anish Bhattacharya
Pankaj Malhotra
Subhash Varma
Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography/computed tomography
t-cell-rich non-hodgkin lymphoma
bone marrow
title Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
title_full Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
title_fullStr Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
title_full_unstemmed Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
title_short Heterogeneous marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
title_sort heterogeneous marrow uptake on fdg pet ct is not always a sign of lymphomatous involvement
topic fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography/computed tomography
t-cell-rich non-hodgkin lymphoma
bone marrow
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.167596
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