Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Involving 7 Different Organs in a Pediatric Patient Demonstrated by FDG PET/CT. (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Mingyu; Yang, Xu; Wang, Wei; Yang, Jigang
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 3(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: ALK positive -- anaplastic large cell lymphoma -- FDG PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002929
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: An 11-year-old girl presented with vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea, and scleral icterus for 7 days. FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple FDG-avid lesions in muscle, bone, kidney, pancreas, ovary, lymph nodes, and central nervous system. Biopsy from the lesion in the muscle of the right upper arm demonstrated ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The present case highlights the advantage of FDG PET/CT in better staging pediatric patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma.