Multifocal non-Hodgkin lymphoma in an infant with cardiac involvement: whole-body MR imaging

Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Mar;37(3):321-4. doi: 10.1007/s00247-006-0390-0. Epub 2007 Jan 30.

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is rare in infancy, and we present a case of aggressive NHL of T-cell lineage in an infant with multifocal bone, cardiac, mediastinal nodal, paranasal sinus, calvarial, and soft-tissue deposits on presentation that were detected on whole-body MRI.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Skull Base Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Whole Body Imaging*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate