Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Involving 7 Different Organs in a Pediatric Patient Demonstrated by FDG PET/CT

An 11-year-old girl presented with vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea, and scleral icterus for 7 days. FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple FDG-avid lesions in muscle, bone, kidney, pancreas, ovary, lymph nodes, and central nervous system. Biopsy from the lesion in the muscle of the right upper arm demonstrated ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The present case highlights the advantage of FDG PET/CT in better staging pediatric patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
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