FDG PET/CT detects benign neurofibromas presenting as nodal masses: Imaging hallmarks of a diagnostic "red herring"

Ameya D Puranik; Nilendu C Purandare; Munita M Bal; Archi Agrawal; Sneha Shah; Venkatesh Rangarajan

doi:10.4103/0972-3919.152979

FDG PET/CT detects benign neurofibromas presenting as nodal masses: Imaging hallmarks of a diagnostic "red herring"

Indian J Nucl Med. 2015 Apr-Jun;30(2):148-50. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.152979.

Authors

Ameya D Puranik¹, Nilendu C Purandare¹, Munita M Bal², Archi Agrawal¹, Sneha Shah¹, Venkatesh Rangarajan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

Multi-modality positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG) depicts the enhancement pattern and metabolic intensity of lesions. Benign lesions with multiplicity, like neurofibromas often mimic similar appearing malignant neoplasms. We, report, a similar case where FDG PET/CT shows imaging hallmarks for diagnosing benign neurofibromas, in a patient with clinical presentation of lymphoma.

Keywords: CT; FDG PET; neurofibromas; nodal mass.

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