Kikuchi disease mimicking malignant lymphoma on FDG PET/CT

Chung Ho Kim; Joo Hyun O; Ie Ryung Yoo; Sung Hoon Kim; Hyung Sun Sohn; Soo Kyo Chung

doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181250346

Kikuchi disease mimicking malignant lymphoma on FDG PET/CT

Chung Ho Kim
, Joo Hyun O
, Ie Ryung Yoo
, Sung Hoon Kim
, Hyung Sun Sohn
, Soo Kyo Chung

The Catholic University of Korea
The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital
Catholic Univ. of Korea Coll. Med.

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Abstract

A 10-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of intermittent fever and palpable masses in the right side of the neck. Whole body FDG PET/CT imaging was performed, showing multiple FDG-avid nodular masses in cervical and abdominal lymph nodes. The patient then underwent excision biopsy of the enlarged right cervical nymph nodes, which confirmed the diagnosis of Kikuchi disease. After steroid therapy, fever and cervical lymphadenopathy subsided. After 3 months, follow up FDG PET/CT was done, and there was no abnormality. Kikuchi disease could lead to the wrong initial diagnosis of tuberculosis or even malignant lymphoma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	711-712
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	32
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181250346
State	Published - Sep 2007

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FDG PET/CT
False positive
Kikuchi's disease
Lymphadenopathy

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Kikuchi disease mimicking malignant lymphoma on FDG PET/CT

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