Cervical thymic hyperplasia after chemotherapy in an adult patient with Hodgkin lymphoma: a potential cause of false-positivity on [18F]FDG PET/CT scanning

Br J Haematol. 2008 Mar;140(5):477. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06901.x. Epub 2007 Dec 10.

Authors

Federico Fallanca¹, Giampiero Giovacchini, Maurilio Ponzoni, Luigi Gianolli, Fabio Ciceri, Ferruccio Fazio

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 18076712
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06901.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
False Positive Reactions
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging
Hodgkin Disease / drug therapy*
Humans
Hyperplasia / chemically induced
Positron-Emission Tomography
Thymus Gland / drug effects
Thymus Gland / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18