Both native and ectopically transplanted hearts shown on FDG PET/CT in a PTLD patient

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Oct;37(10):1022-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825b2570.

Abstract

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is one of the unfortunate complications of immunosuppression after allograft transplantation. 18F-FDG PET/CT plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of PTLD. The authors report a PET/CT scan of a young woman who received a heterotopic cardiac transplant, demonstrating 2 functional hearts in the thorax. The scan also demonstrates a small-volume mediastinal lymphadenopathy caused by the PTLD/B-cell lymphoma, subsequently proven by mediastinoscopic biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / pathology
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18