Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative uterine plasmablastic lymphoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT
Plasmablastic lymphoma is a rare and aggressive variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with plasmablastic features, which commonly occurs in the oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. Here, we present a case of plasmablastic lymphoma involving the uterus in a 54-year-old hu...
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Veröffentlicht in: | BJR case reports 2016-12, Vol.3 (2) |
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Zusammenfassung: | Plasmablastic lymphoma is a rare and aggressive variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with plasmablastic features, which commonly occurs in the oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. Here, we present a case of plasmablastic lymphoma involving the uterus in a 54-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-negative female patient. The torso positron emission tomography/CT scan revealed intense
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F-fludeoxyglucose uptake in a bulky uterus with multiple sites of metastatic disease including peritoneal seeding. |
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ISSN: | 2055-7159 |
DOI: | 10.1259/bjrcr.20160124 |