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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2022; 21(04): 338-341
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750398
Case Report

18F-FDG Whole-Body PET-MR in Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Mimicking Focal Nodular Hyperplasia

Shyma Basheer
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Dinesh Kumar Gauthaman
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Padma Subramanyam
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Shanmuga Sundaram Palaniswamy
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India
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Abstract

Primary hepatic lymphomas are rare hepatic malignancies which are often misdiagnosed preoperatively. Early accurate diagnosis is essential as the patients can be treated successfully with chemotherapy, eluding the need for surgery. We present a case of primary hepatic lymphoma which mimicked as focal nodular hyperplasia with normal biochemical tumor markers, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) whole-body positron emission magnetic resonance showed intense FDG uptake in the large hepatic lesion. The patient subsequently underwent right hepatectomy, and histopathology revealed diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

Keywords

primary hepatic lymphoma - PET-MR - diffuse large B cell lymphoma


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Article published online:
09 September 2022

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