Clinically Occult Pituitary Adenoma Can Appear as a Hypermetabolic Lesion on Whole Body FDG PET Imaging in a Patient with Lymphoma

We report a case with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with a focus of intense hypermetabolism in the sellar region in the primary staging and posttreatment whole body F-18 FDG PET. Further evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging after posttreatment FDG PET revealed a pituitary adenoma. Endocrinologic workup...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karapolat, İnanç, Öncel, Güray, Kumanlıoğlu, Kamil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2013
Materias:
Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23610727
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/Mirt.258
Descripción
Sumario:We report a case with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with a focus of intense hypermetabolism in the sellar region in the primary staging and posttreatment whole body F-18 FDG PET. Further evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging after posttreatment FDG PET revealed a pituitary adenoma. Endocrinologic workup was normal consistent with nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma and endocrinologists decided to follow up the patient by yearly magnetic resonance imaging. This case demonstrates a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma by whole body FDG PET and emphasizes the importance of pursuing incidental findings detected in the sella on PET imaging. Conflict of interest:None declared.

Ejemplares similares