TY - JOUR
T1 - A rare case of primary thymic hodgkin lymphoma in an elderly patient detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT
AU - Treglia, Giorgio
AU - Lococo, Filippo
AU - Petrone, Gianluigi
AU - Stefanelli, Antonella
AU - Carnassale, Giulia
AU - Calcagni, Maria Lucia
AU - Granone, Pierluigi
AU - Giordano, Alessandro
PY - 2013/1/31
Y1 - 2013/1/31
N2 - We report a rare case of thymic Hodgkin lymphoma that occurred in an elderly patient and detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 77-year-old woman with fever of unknown origin underwent F-FDG PET/CT scanning, which showed an area of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a mediastinal mass corresponding to a thymic lesion at CT scan. On the basis of the PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to surgery with the clinical suspicious of a thymoma. Histological examination demonstrated the presence of a primary thymic Hodgkin lymphoma instead.
AB - We report a rare case of thymic Hodgkin lymphoma that occurred in an elderly patient and detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 77-year-old woman with fever of unknown origin underwent F-FDG PET/CT scanning, which showed an area of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a mediastinal mass corresponding to a thymic lesion at CT scan. On the basis of the PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to surgery with the clinical suspicious of a thymoma. Histological examination demonstrated the presence of a primary thymic Hodgkin lymphoma instead.
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318252e01b
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318252e01b
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-9762
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
ER -