Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma

(18)Flurodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is nowadays routinely used in management of lymphoma patients. We here present a case of Hodgkin's lymphoma which showed (18)F-FDG avid splenomegaly on PET/CT done for clinically suspected relapse. Furth...

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Autores principales: Jeph, Sunil, Thakur, Kamia, Shamim, Shamim Ahmed, Aggarwal, Ajay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24761064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.130299
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author Jeph, Sunil
Thakur, Kamia
Shamim, Shamim Ahmed
Aggarwal, Ajay
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description (18)Flurodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is nowadays routinely used in management of lymphoma patients. We here present a case of Hodgkin's lymphoma which showed (18)F-FDG avid splenomegaly on PET/CT done for clinically suspected relapse. Further evaluation by peripheral smear examination revealed malaria. The patient was then started on anti-malarial medications and follow-up PET/CT revealed resolution of hypermetabolic splenomegaly. This report highlights that in endemic regions malaria can cause (18)F-FDG avid splenomegaly and might mimic relapse of lymphoma.
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spelling pubmed-39967622014-04-23 Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma Jeph, Sunil Thakur, Kamia Shamim, Shamim Ahmed Aggarwal, Ajay Indian J Nucl Med Case Report (18)Flurodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is nowadays routinely used in management of lymphoma patients. We here present a case of Hodgkin's lymphoma which showed (18)F-FDG avid splenomegaly on PET/CT done for clinically suspected relapse. Further evaluation by peripheral smear examination revealed malaria. The patient was then started on anti-malarial medications and follow-up PET/CT revealed resolution of hypermetabolic splenomegaly. This report highlights that in endemic regions malaria can cause (18)F-FDG avid splenomegaly and might mimic relapse of lymphoma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3996762/ /pubmed/24761064 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.130299 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma
title Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma
title_full Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma
title_fullStr Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma
title_short Malaria masquerading as relapse of Hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A diagnostic dilemma
title_sort malaria masquerading as relapse of hodgkin's lymphoma on contrast enhanced (18)f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: a diagnostic dilemma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24761064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.130299
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