Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma: disease extent and treatment response evaluation

Authors

  • Jin-Suk Kim
  • Young Jin Jeong
  • Myung-Hee Sohn
  • Hwan-Jeong Jeong
  • Seok Tae Lim
  • Dong Wook Kim
  • Jae-Yong Kwak
  • Chang-Yeol Yim

Abstract

Background. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL) is a rare form of cutaneous lymphomas, accounting for less than 1% of cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings of SPTCL before and after treatment were rarely reported.

Case report. We report a case of SPTCL in which F-18 FDG PET/CT showed increased FDG accumulations in numerous subcutaneous nodules without extracutaneous disease. Contrast-enhanced CT during F-18 FDG PET/CT showed multiple minimally enhancing nodules with an infiltrative pattern in the subcutaneous layer throughout the body. Follow-up F-18 FDG PET/CT after three cycles of CHOP chemotherapy showed a complete metabolic remission of the lesions.

Conclusions. F-18 FDG PET/CT is suggested to be useful in assessing the disease activity, extent and treatment response in SPTCL.

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Kim, J.-S., Jeong, Y. J., Sohn, M.-H., Jeong, H.-J., Lim, S. T., Kim, D. W., … Yim, C.-Y. (2013). Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma: disease extent and treatment response evaluation. Radiology and Oncology, 46(4). Retrieved from https://www.radioloncol.com/index.php/ro/article/view/1507

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Vol. 46 No. 4 (2012)

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Nuclear medicine

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