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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2018; 17(01): 46-48
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.222288
Case report

Unilateral primary adrenal lymphoma: Uncommon presentation of a rare disease evaluated using 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Renjith Radhakrishnan
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
,
Bhagwant Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
,
Arun Reddy Gorla
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
,
Pankaj Malhotra
1   Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
,
Amanjit Bal
2   Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
,
Subhash Varma
1   Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
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Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is a relatively rare disease entity with only fewer than 200 cases reported till date. PAL frequently presents with bilateral adrenal involvement and shows male preponderance. We here present a case of PAL in a 65-year-old female with a relatively uncommon unilateral adrenal involvement. The present case depicts that 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography had decisive role in the treatment management of this patient suggesting its potential utility in the management of this rare disease.

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18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography - diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - primary adrenal lymphoma - primary extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma


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