Neurolymphomatosis--diagnosis and assessment of treatment response by FDG PET-CT

Hematol Oncol. 2008 Mar;26(1):43-5. doi: 10.1002/hon.837.

Abstract

Neurolymphomatosis (NL) is lymphomatous infiltration of peripheral nerves, and is an uncommon manifestation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Although nerve biopsy is the main method for histological diagnosis, a blind nerve biopsy may not be diagnostic. While CT and MRI have been used to detect NL, recent reports demonstrated the benefit of integrated positron emission tomography (PET) using F18-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) combined with computed tomography (CT). We described the utility of FDG PET-CT in this uncommon subgroup of NHL where it can assist in establishing the diagnosis, the potential to guide sites for biopsy and in the assessment of response to therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / therapy
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18