(18)FDG PET/CT appearance in primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jun;40(6):506-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000749.

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old woman who presented with a small and painless red skin nodule in the right lower leg, which rapidly and significantly increased in size over few weeks and developed a central eschar. Skin biopsy was consistent with primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCDBCL-LT), an aggressive and rare cutaneous lymphoma. F-FDG PET/CT showed a hypermetabolic soft tissue mass in the right leg with no evidence of systemic involvement of disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Leg / diagnostic imaging
  • Leg / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18