Open Access18F-FDG-PET/CT in staging, recurrence detection and response evaluation of primary splenic lymphoma with eight years follow up
Author(s) -
Sellam Karunanithi,
Shambo Guha Roy,
Vijaya Murugan,
Chandrasekhar Bal,
Rakesh Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nuclear medicine review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1644-4345
pISSN - 1506-9680
DOI - 10.5603/nmr.2015.0009
Subject(s) - psl , medicine , lymphoma , radiology , spleen , lymph , pet ct , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , pathology , geometry , mathematics
Primary splenic lymphomas (PSL) are rare malignancies which involve spleen with or without splenic hilar lymph nodes. Confirmation of diagnosis depends upon tissue sampling but noninvasive methods are useful in early diagnosis, treatment response monitoring and recurrence detection. Here we describe a case of PSL detected by ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT which was histopathologically proven to be diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treated with CHOP regimen. ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT was found to be very useful in all stages (staging, recurrence detection and treatment response monitoring) of PSL with eight years of follow up.