B cell lymphoma: a case with localized involvement of the prostate on F-18-FDG examination

Clin Nucl Med. 2005 Apr;30(4):236-7. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000156865.52530.40.

Abstract

An 80-year-old man had symptoms of urinary retention. Biopsy of the prostate revealed B cell lymphoma. To evaluate the extent of the disease, an F-18 FDG study was performed with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT). One hour after intravenous administration of 18.5 mCi F-18 FDG, imaging was carried out from the skull base to the upper thigh. An area of moderately increased activity was noted within the prostate bed. A noncontrast CT, for attenuation correction and anatomic localization, revealed maintenance of fat planes around the prostate, indicating disease localized to that organ. Hence, a B cell lymphoma had been localized to the prostate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Subtraction Technique
  • Urinary Retention / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Retention / etiology

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18