Cat-Scratch Disease: A Pitfall for Lymphoma Evaluation by FDG-PET/CT

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Dubreuil, J. | Dony, A. | Salles, Gilles | Traverse-Glehen, A. | Giammarile, F. | Skanjeti, A.

Edité par CCSD ; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins -

International audience. FDG-PET/CT is a standard of care in staging and response assessment of Hodgkin lymphoma. Hence, it is important to recognize pitfalls owing to the potential therapeutic impact. We report a case of a 29-year-old woman affected by stage III bulky Hodgkin lymphoma. The interim FDG-PET/CT showed a complete metabolic response. After three new cycles of chemotherapy, the patient showed fever and lymphadenopathy at clinic examination, PET/CT revealed several FDG uptakes at lymph nodes in inguinal and iliac region. Pathologic analyses, after biopsy and serologic examinations, led to the diagnosis of cat-scratch disease

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