Pediatric presentation of splenic marginal zone lymphoma on FDG PET/CT scan

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Feb;39(2):178-80. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31828e9485.

Abstract

Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) comprises about 1% of B-cell lymphomas and typically occurs after the age of 50 years. Pediatric SMZL is very rare, and no FDG PET/CT imaging of the disease has been reported. In the current study, a 4-year-old boy with biopsy-proven SMZL had FDG PET/CT for staging, which showed increased metabolic activity in the spleen and left cervical lymph nodes. A second FDG PET/CT for evaluation of treatment response showed complete resolution of abnormal FDG uptake in the nodes and spleen with decrease in size of the nodes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Splenic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18