Intense focal pituitary FDG uptake due to intravascular large B-cell lymphoma in pyrexia of unknown origin

Am J Hematol. 2016 Nov;91(11):1167-1168. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24469. Epub 2016 Jul 20.

Authors

David A Pattison¹, Michael S Hofman^{2

3}, Ali Bazargan⁴, Peter Colman^{3

5}, Rodney J Hicks^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. david.pattison@petermac.org.
² Centre for Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia.
⁵ Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.

PMID: 27387341
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24469

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fever of Unknown Origin / diagnostic imaging*
Fever of Unknown Origin / metabolism*
Fever of Unknown Origin / pathology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
Humans
Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Lymphoma, B-Cell / metabolism*
Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pituitary Gland / diagnostic imaging*
Pituitary Gland / metabolism*
Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18