%0 Journal Article
%T Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma: disease extent and treatment response evaluation
%A Jin-Suk Kim
%A Young Jin Jeong
%A Myung-Hee Sohn
%A 
%A Hwan-Jeong Jeong
%A 
%A Seok Tae Lim
%A 
%A Dong Wook Kim
%A 
%A Jae-Yong Kwak
%A 
%A Chang-Yeol Yim
%J Radiology and Oncology
%@ 1581-3207
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10019-012-0017-z
%X Background. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL) is a rare form of cutaneous lymphomas, accounting for less than 1% of cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings of SPTCL before and after treatment were rarely reported. Case report. We report a case of SPTCL in which F-18 FDG PET/CT showed increased FDG accumulations in numerous subcutaneous nodules without extracutaneous disease. Contrast-enhanced CT during F-18 FDG PET/CT showed multiple minimally enhancing nodules with an infiltrative pattern in the subcutaneous layer throughout the body. Follow-up F-18 FDG PET/CT after three cycles of CHOP chemotherapy showed a complete metabolic remission of the lesions. Conclusions. F-18 FDG PET/CT is suggested to be useful in assessing the disease activity, extent and treatment response in SPTCL.
%K subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma
%K F-18 FDG
%K PET/CT
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/gk31147p06558q89/?p=3cb4d798d51b45beb3861103d14ac3ea&pi=8