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Sira Vachatimanont1,2, Chanittha Buakhao3,4, Napisa Bunnag5
1King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abstract:
A man in his 30s awaiting end-of-treatment 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT (18F-FDG PET/CT) for primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma developed chest pain and pericardial effusion. His interim 18F-FDG PET/CT showed complete metabolic responses. His blood test revealed elevated levels of inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein of 204.1 mg/L and erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 106 mm/h. His pericardial biopsy revealed organizing fibrinous pericarditis with hemosiderin pigment deposition and no evidence of malignancy or granuloma. The 18F-FDG PET/CT performed during this episode of illness revealed a mild degree of 18F-FDG uptake along the pericardial lining [maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) =6.76] compared with the blood pool activity (SUVmax =3.17), which favors pericarditis over relapsed lymphoma. His symptoms subsided 2 weeks after treatment with an non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and he had no sign of relapsed lymphoma on subsequent follow-ups.
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