Abstract
A 33-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome had an erosive supraglottic mass visible on CT scans of the neck; biopsy was postponed because of the patient's debilitated condition. Two weeks later, he was admitted with altered mental status; an MR image of the brain obtained at that time showed multiple bilateral mass lesions, the largest of which was 5 cm. Findings on a thallium-201 single-photon emission CT (SPECT) scan of the brain were normal. Ten days later, the patient died end autopsy showed both the neck and the brain lesions to be large-cell lymphoma. This case is counterevidence to the reported 100% sensitivity of thallium-201 brain SPECT for demonstrating lymphoma of the central nervous system.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1687-1690 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | American Journal of Neuroradiology |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 9 |
State | Published - Oct 1 1996 |
Keywords
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Lymphoma
- Single-photon emission computed tomography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology