"Hepatic Superscan" in a Patient With Hepatosplenic Alphabeta T-cell Lymphoma: 18F-FDG PET/CT Findings

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Aug;43(8):595-598. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002134.

Abstract

A 36-year-old woman with a 2-week history of fever and markedly elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels. Nonenhanced CT and contrast-enhanced CT showed hepatosplenomegaly, diffusely decreased attenuation of the liver, and homogeneous enhancement in the hepatic and splenic parenchyma. F-FDG PET/CT revealed diffuse intense heterogeneous uptake by the liver (like superscan in bone scintigraphy). A liver needle biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of hepatosplenic alphabeta T-cell lymphoma. Subsequently, she received chemotherapy. The follow-up F-FDG PET/CT showed decreased F-FDG uptake in the liver and spleen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Splenic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Splenic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18