Case report: Imaging findings of true thymic hyperplasia at (18)F-FDG PET/CT in an infant

True thymic hyperplasia (TTH) in children is rare and difficult to distinguish from other thymic tumors such as thymoma and thymic carcinoma. A 3‐year‐old girl underwent an (18)F‐fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F‐FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan ((18)F‐FDG PET/CT) and a...

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Autores principales: Ren, Jiazhong, Fu, Zheng, Zhao, Yaqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9853067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1077777
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Sumario:True thymic hyperplasia (TTH) in children is rare and difficult to distinguish from other thymic tumors such as thymoma and thymic carcinoma. A 3‐year‐old girl underwent an (18)F‐fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F‐FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan ((18)F‐FDG PET/CT) and a chest CT scan to evaluate an anterior mediastinal mass. (18)F‐FDG PET/CT revealed a mediastinal mass showing heterogeneously increased FDG uptake with a maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of 7.1. Eventually, postoperative pathological diagnosis demonstrated TTH. So far, there are no reports of (18)F‐FDG PET/CT imaging of this disease.

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