Article
Bilateral vagus nerve neurolymphomatosis diagnosed using PET/CT and diffusion-weighted MRI
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BOASQUEVISQUE, Gustavo Santos. Bilateral vagus nerve neurolymphomatosis diagnosed using PET/CT and diffusion-weighted MRI. Clin. nucl. med., New York, v. 37, n. 9, p. 225-228, 2012.
0363-9762
Autor
Boasquevisque, GS
Guidoni, J
Moreira, LA de Souza
Gonçalves, PG
Andrade, CV
Pedras, FV
Boasquevisque, EM
Boasquevisque, ETS
Resumen
Abstract: In neurolymphomatosis, malignant lymphocytes infiltrate the peripheral
nervous system in the presence of a known or unknown hematological
malignancy. This report describes the findings of diffusion-weighted MRI and
18F-FDG PET/CT in a 65-year-old man with hoarseness. Results revealed a
mass with restricted diffusion on diffusion-weighted imaging in the right visceral
vascular space, increased uptake of 18F-FDG, and other masses at distant
peripheral nerves. Restaging PET/CT showed involvement of the right brachial
plexus and right sciatic nerve. Biopsy and immunohistochemistry of the right
vagus nerve and cervical lymphadenopathy revealed a diffuse large B-cell
non-Hodgkin lymphoma.