Axillary Lymph Node in Extra-Ocular Retinoblastoma - Benign or Malignant?

Indian J Nucl Med. 2023 Jul-Sep;38(3):305-306. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_4_23. Epub 2023 Oct 10.

Abstract

A 1-year-old male child presented with whitish discoloration of pupil of the left eye and swelling over the left axilla. A contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and orbits performed revealed left eye extra-ocular retinoblastoma. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan was done in this child as a part of baseline staging of retinoblastoma in an ongoing research project. The scan revealed left eye extra-ocular retinoblastoma along with calcified left axillary level I lymph node.

Keywords: Bacille Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis; calcified axillary lymphadenopathy; extra-ocular retinoblastoma.