Neurolymphomatosis with Spinal Nerve Root Involvement Demonstrated on18F-FDG PET/CT 18F-FDG PET/BT’de Spinal Sinir Kökü Tutulumu Olan Nörolenfomatozis
Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy, vol.31, no.3, pp.242-243, 2022 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 31 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.05902
- Journal Name: Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy
- Journal Indexes: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.242-243
- Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT, lymphoma, MRI, Neurolymphomatosis, spinal nerve root
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
© 2022 by Turkish Society of Nuclear Medicine.A 56 years old woman with a diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma had dyspnea, weakness in the left upper extremity and vocal cord paralysis after chemotherapy. She underwent cervical, thoracal and lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) however findings on MRI could not entirely explain the symptoms of the patient. Therefore, the patient underwent18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography and the scan revealed focal symmetrical18F-FDG uptake on the cervical, thoracal and lumbal spinal nerve roots. Considering the symptoms of the patient and cerebrospinal fluid cytology findings, hypermetabolic spinal nerve roots were interpreted as lymphoma involvement.