Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: What F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography can do in the management of these patients? Suggestions from a case report
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A young patient with undefined autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS-U) and low back pain underwent a CT and MRI study that showed enhancing vertebral lesions, some pulmonary nodules and diffuse latero-cervical lymphadenopathy. A F-FDG-PET/CT scan showed many areas of intense F-FDG uptake in multiple vertebrae, in some ribs, in the sacrum, in the liver, in both lungs, in multiple lymph nodes spread in the cervical, thoracic and abdominal chains. A bone marrow biopsy showed a “lymphomatoid granulomatosis”, a rare variant of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). After the treatment, the F-FDG-PET/CT scan showed a complete metabolic response. © 2013 Elsevier España, S.L. and SEMNIM. All rights reserved. Síndrome linfoproliferativo autoinmune indefinido y linfoma no-Hodgkin. ¿Qué puede aportar la exploración F-FDG-PET/CT al tratamiento de estos pacientes? Sugerencias a partir de un caso
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