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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2016; 15(02): 142-144
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.167581
Case report

Detection of diffuse infiltrative primary hepatic lymphoma on FDG PET-CT: Hallmarks of hepatic superscan

Sonia Mahajan
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Shefali Kalra
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Madhavi Chawla
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Pankaj Dougall
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) is an extremely rare entity with scarce information in evidence-based literature. Few case reports have described the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) in the diagnosing and staging of PHL. We report the case of a 78-year-old man with PHL who initially presented with weight loss and nonspecific fatigue. FDG PET-CT proved to be a beneficial tool in arriving at the diagnosis of this patient with nonspecific clinical presentation and also in the staging of PHL. Physiological uptake of FDG in the liver can be a potential cause of misinterpretation in such cases. Hence, knowing the imaging hallmarks can increase the accuracy in PET image interpretation.

Keywords

Diffuse infiltrative - flourodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography - nonspecific fatigue - primary hepatic lymphoma


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