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. 2016;19(B):11-13.
doi: 10.5603/NMR.2016.0029.

18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of an extranodal relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): a clinical case with a literature review

Borislav Chaushev  1 , Ilina Micheva, Merilin Mechmed, Boyan Balev, Yana Bocheva, Darina Ivanova, Ivan Krasnaliev, Rumena Lozanova, Anelia Klisarova, Pavel Bochev, Jivka Dancheva
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18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of an extranodal relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): a clinical case with a literature review

Borislav Chaushev et al. Nucl Med Rev Cent East Eur. 2016.
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Abstract

Extranodal lymphoma, secondary to or accompanying nodal disease is uncommon, but not unusual finding. 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) imaging has an essential role in the staging of lymphoma, in treatment response monitoring, and in detection of recurrence. We present a case of a 52-year-old man with generalized diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with multiple extranodal sites involvement detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT. With this clinical case we demonstrate that 18F-FDG PET-CT is a more effective technique than CE-CT for the evaluation of viable extranodal involvement of the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and should be combined in the monitoring of DLBCL.

Keywords: 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT); diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL); extranodal relapse.

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