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World J Clinical Cases. Sep 16, 2016; 4(9): 258-263
Published online Sep 16, 2016. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v4.i9.258
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography evaluation of subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma and treatment response
Vadim R Gorodetskiy, Olga V Mukhortova, Irakli P Aslanidis, Wolfram Klapper, Natalya A Probatova
Vadim R Gorodetskiy, Department of Intensive Methods of Therapy, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 115522 Moscow, Russia
Olga V Mukhortova, Irakli P Aslanidis, Department of Nuclear Diagnostics, Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, 121552 Moscow, Russia
Wolfram Klapper, Department of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Natalya A Probatova, Department of Pathology, N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 115478 Moscow, Russia
Author contributions: Gorodetskiy VR designed the report, analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Mukhortova OV and Aslanidis IP performed the FDG PET/CT; Klapper W and Probatova NA performed the histological and immunohistochemical studies.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this study.
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Correspondence to: Vadim R Gorodetskiy, MD, PhD, Department of Intensive Methods of Therapy, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Kashirskoye Shosse 34A, 115522 Moscow, Russia. gorodetskiyblood@mail.ru
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Received: March 28, 2016
Peer-review started: March 28, 2016
First decision: June 16, 2016
Revised: June 22, 2016
Accepted: July 11, 2016
Article in press: July 13, 2016
Published online: September 16, 2016
Core Tip

Core tip: We used fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for staging and monitoring of treatment response in 3 cases of subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma (SPTCL), a very rare variant of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. FDG PET/CT provided valuable information for SPTCL staging and monitoring of treatment response in the patients. It can reveal occult involvement of the intra-abdominal visceral fat and identify patients with aggressive SPTCL disease.