FDG PET for imaging pericardial manifestations of Hodgkin lymphoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2003 Sep;28(9):760-1. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000082666.85547.94.

Abstract

A 61-year-old man with Hodgkin lymphoma (mixed type), with lymph node manifestations and extranodal and bone marrow involvement in both supra- and infradiaphragmatic locations (stage 4), had dyspnea and tachycardia on echocardiography. There were pleural and pericardial effusions and thickening of the epicardium and pericardium. These findings and computed tomographic findings were suspicious for manifestations of Hodgkin lymphoma. The pericardial findings were demonstrated on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18