Castleman’s Disease
Fig. 33.1 A 19-year-old man with fever, anemia, asthenia. A mesenterial lymph node and several small iliac lymph nodes were identified on ultrasonographic examination and contrast-enhanced CT scan. (a, b)…
PEDIATRIC IMAGING
Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Fig. 28.1 An 8-year-old boy treated for Epstein–Barr-virus-associated hemophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis complicated by aspergillosis. Coronal (a–c) and axial (d–f) CT with lung window (a, d), PET (b, e), and PET/CT fusion…
Role of Amino Acid PET Tracers in Pediatric Brain Tumors
Fig. 19.1 Recurrent ganglioglioma in an 8-year-old girl. (a) Sagittal Gd-enhanced T1-weighted image; (b) 18F-DOPA–PET/MRI fusion image. There is a focal, rounded, contrast-enhancing lesion in the inferior frontal gyrus (thin…
Adrenal Gland Cancers
Fig. 17.1 A 9-year-old boy treated for adrenal gland carcinoma. Axial CT with lung window (a), PET (b), and PET/CT fusion (c) images show nonhomogeneous FDG uptake in the right…
PET/CT in the Clinical Evaluation of Pediatric Epilepsy
Fig. 21.1 A 5-year-old girl with Rasmussen’s encephalitis and partial seizures since the age of 3 years. (a) Axial PET image, (b) PET/MRI fusion. FDG was fortuitously administered during a…
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Fig. 11.1 (a, b) MIP (maximal intensity projection) images showing the physiological distribution of two different PET tracers, respectively, 18F-DOPA and 68Ga-DOTANOC. Along with the normal tissue activity marked by…
Fever of Unknown Origin
Fig. 34.1 Maximum intensity projection (a) shows abnormal 18F-FDG mediastinal uptake. Note the absence of pathological uptake in the bilateral cervical lymph nodes detected clinically, and the absence of FDG…
Method and Patient Preparation
Fig. 2.1 Position of the patient during a brain study (a, b) and total body acquisition (c, d) (Discovery ST-E PET/CT system, General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI) Fig. 2.2 (a)…
Mycobacteriosis
Fig. 29.1 Maximum intensity projection 18F-FDG–PET image (a) shows multiple areas of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the thoracic region and in the upper abdomen (arrows). The axial CT (b), PET…
Ovarian Teratomas
Fig. 18.1 A 12-year-old girl with a positive biopsy for malignant ovarian teratoma. Maximum intensity projection (a) shows diffuse pathological FDG uptakes in the pelvis and upper abdomen. Axial abdominal…
