Epstein-Barr Virus–Positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer Mimicking Rectal Carcinoma at 18F-FDG PET/CT. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Maffione, Anna Margherita; Rampin, Lucia; Paolini, Rossella; Rodella, Elisabetta; Lisato, Laura Camilla; Ballotta, Maria Rosa; Pavanato, Giovanni; Montesi, Giampaolo; Colletti, Patrick M.; Rubello, Domenico
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 8(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: 18F-FDG -- chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Epstein–Barr virus–positive mucocutaneous ulcer -- lymphoma -- PET/CT -- rectum; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001725
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: We report focally intense 18 F-FDG PET/CT rectal activity (SUVmax = 25) with a horseshoe distribution in an 81-year-old man with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and suspected Richter transformation. While imaging findings were typical for rectal adenocarcinoma, histology revealed Epstein-Barr virus–positive mucocutaneous ulcer.