TY - JOUR
T1 - A Rare Case of Primary Thymic Hodgkin Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient Detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
AU - Giordano, Alessandro
AU - Lococo, Filippo
AU - Petrone, Gianluigi
AU - Stefanelli, Antonella
AU - Carnassale, Giulia
AU - Calcagni, Maria Lucia
AU - Granone, Pierluigi
AU - Treglia, Giorgio
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - ABSTRACT: We report a rare case of thymic Hodgkin lymphoma that occurred in an elderly patient and detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 77-year-old woman with fever of unknown origin underwent F-FDG PET/CT scanning, which showed an area of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a mediastinal mass corresponding to a thymic lesion at CT scan. On the basis of the PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to surgery with the clinical suspicious of a thymoma. Histological examination demonstrated the presence of a primary thymic Hodgkin lymphoma instead.
AB - ABSTRACT: We report a rare case of thymic Hodgkin lymphoma that occurred in an elderly patient and detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 77-year-old woman with fever of unknown origin underwent F-FDG PET/CT scanning, which showed an area of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in a mediastinal mass corresponding to a thymic lesion at CT scan. On the basis of the PET/CT findings, the patient was referred to surgery with the clinical suspicious of a thymoma. Histological examination demonstrated the presence of a primary thymic Hodgkin lymphoma instead.
KW - THYMIC
KW - THYMIC
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/41982
U2 - 10.1097/rlu.0b013e318252e01b
DO - 10.1097/rlu.0b013e318252e01b
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 38
SP - e236-238
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
ER -