
FDG-PET/CT is a widely established imaging modality for staging, restaging and monitoring therapy response in lymphoma patients. Progressive transformation of germinal centres (PTGC) is a benign condition presenting characteristically as asymptomatic lymphadenopathy. This paper presents a case of a 53-year-old man with a history of Hodgkin's disease (HD) whose F(18) FDG-PET/CT scan showed high uptake in left axillary lymph nodes (SUV 3.8). A subsequent, left axillary lymph node biopsy revealed PTGC. PTGC can present as a false positive finding on FDG-PET/CT in lymphoma patients and biopsy should be done in HD patients in clinical remission but have a positive FDG-PET/CT scan.
screening and diagnosis, F18 FDG-PET/CT, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Lymphoma, Progressive Transformation of Germinal Centres, Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, 610, Clinical sciences, Case Report, Hematology, Hodgkin’s disease, Detection, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, Rare Diseases, Clinical Research, Biomedical Imaging, Cancer, 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
screening and diagnosis, F18 FDG-PET/CT, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Lymphoma, Progressive Transformation of Germinal Centres, Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, 610, Clinical sciences, Case Report, Hematology, Hodgkin’s disease, Detection, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, Rare Diseases, Clinical Research, Biomedical Imaging, Cancer, 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
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