Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of supraclavicular lymph nodes can mimic metastasis of breast cancer during chemotherapy on FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Sep;34(9):594-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b06c2f.

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman who had a history of right mastectomy for breast cancer presented with fever and swelling in the right supraclavicular region during her second course of chemotherapy. An FDG PET/CT was performed to evaluate this patient, which revealed mildly increased FDG activity in the lymph node in the supraclavicular region. A metastatic lesion from the known breast cancer was considered. However, biopsy results demonstrated that the abnormal activity in the right supraclavicular region is due to T-cell lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Clavicle*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18