PET/CT findings in a multicentric form of Castleman's disease.

نویسندگان

  • Metin Halac
  • Nurhan Ergul
  • Sait Sager
  • Adalet Demir
  • Nur Buyukpinarbasli
  • Kerim Sonmezoglu
چکیده

We report a case of a multicentric form of Castleman's disease (CD). A thoracic computerized tomography (CT) scan showed multiple mediastinal and bilateral axillary lymph nodes. Fluoro-18 fluoro deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography-PET/CT scan demonstrated increased (18)F-FDG accumulation in multiple lymphatic regions and in bilateral pleural areas. The histopathological sampling of an excised left axillary lymph node revealed a multicentric form of CD, of an intermediate (mixed) cell type. The disease, its differential diagnosis and the diagnostic contribution of nuclear medicine imaging, are described.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine

دوره 10 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007