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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2014

Transformation of follicular lymphoma in the retroperitoneal muscles demonstrated by CT-guided needle biopsy of FDG-avid lesions; case series.

Masahiro Uni, Fumihiko Nakamura, Akihide Yoshimi, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Atsuko Hosoi, Kumi Nakazaki, Yasuhito Nannya, Masashi Fukayama, Mineo Kurokawa

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Masahiro UniDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Fumihiko NakamuraDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Akihide YoshimiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan ; Department of Cell Therapy and Transplantation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital Japan.
Aya Shinozaki-UshikuDepartment of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Atsuko HosoiDepartment of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Kumi NakazakiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Yasuhito NannyaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Masashi FukayamaDepartment of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan.
Mineo KurokawaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Japan ; Department of Cell Therapy and Transplantation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report two cases of relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL) with transformation in the retroperitoneal muscles. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) combined with computed tomography (CT) showed high uptakes in the retroperitoneal muscles. We considered excisional biopsy at first, since it is definitely the most reliable means to obtain histological diagnosis. However, excisional biopsy of the retroperitoneal muscles is challenging for anatomical reasons. Moreover, our patients were kept under poor performance status. Thus, CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of FDG-avid retroperitoneal muscles was performed. Histopathological examination of the biopsied specimens demonstrated proliferation of transformed large B cells in both cases. Sheets of large B cells were also recorded in one case. CT-guided needle biopsy is less prioritized than excisional biopsy because of limited information on tissue architecture and increasingly complicated WHO classification. Our series indicate that image-guided needle biopsy of FDG-avid lesions is sufficient for the diagnosis of transformation. Higher priority should be given to this method in the setting of transformed aggressive lymphoma.

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AgedCell Transformation, NeoplasticFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansLymphoma, FollicularLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseMultimodal ImagingMuscle, SkeletalPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsTomography, X-Ray ComputedFluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsCT-guided needle biopsyFDG-avidFollicular lymphomaretroperitoneumtransformation

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PMID24427363
PMCPMC3885497
OpenAlexW229645630

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