Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Involving 7 Different Organs in a Pediatric Patient Demonstrated by FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Mar;45(3):255-257. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002929.

Abstract

An 11-year-old girl presented with vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea, and scleral icterus for 7 days. FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple FDG-avid lesions in muscle, bone, kidney, pancreas, ovary, lymph nodes, and central nervous system. Biopsy from the lesion in the muscle of the right upper arm demonstrated ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The present case highlights the advantage of FDG PET/CT in better staging pediatric patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18