Blood Res.  2015 Dec;50(4):260-262. 10.5045/br.2015.50.4.260.

Pre- and post-therapy 18F-FDG PET/CT of a patient affected by non-HIV multicentric IgG4-related Castleman disease

• Savelli G
• Muni A
• Falchi R
• Giuffrida

• KMID: 2133763
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.4.260

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia*
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Pre-therapy 18F-FDG PET/CT showing multiple areas of increased uptake corresponding to the enlarged nodes.

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  Fig. 2 Post-therapy 18F-FDG PET/CT. The pathologic uptakes were almost completely disappeared.

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