Hell J Nucl Med
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Adult liver Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an extremely rare desease. This paper reports a 40 years old male patient who was diagnosed as liver LCH though ultrasound-guided liver biopsy. The initial Fluorrine-18- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) showed multiple nodular low-density lesions in liver without obvious elevated 18F-FDG uptake. Four years later, the follow-up 18F-FDG PET/CT showed the liver multiple lesions with slightly elevated 18F-FDG uptake. ⋯ We describe this case, to highlight the importance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in differential diagnosis for the primary disease and the multiple liver nodules.
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The study evaluated the significance of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake of bone marrow (BM) for predicting progression-free survival (PFS) in lymphoma patients without BM involvement. ⋯ In lymphoma patients without BM involvement, 18F-FDG uptake of BM was significantly associated with worse PFS. Patients with high 18F-FDG uptake of BM showed similar prognosis to those with BM involvement.
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The Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary end of 2017. On board of the editorial team since 2003, this journal has influenced me like a good friend over the many past years. From time to time, the journal has published interesting and valuable historical notes. ⋯ Laios, M. Zozoglou. 2017; 20(1): Ahead of print. And hopefully many more to follow!