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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Detection of previous brain infarct on PET/CT study of a Hodgkin lymphoma patient
  1. Zehra Pınar Koç1,
  2. Kemal Unal2,
  3. Tansel Ansal Balci1,
  4. Emin Tamer Elkiran3
  1. 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fırat University Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
  2. 2Division of Nuclear Medicine, Training Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
  3. 3Department of Internal Medicine, Oncology Division, Fırat University Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Zehra Pınar Koç, zehrapinarkoc{at}gmail.com

Summary

Positron emission tomography/CT examination was performed to 62-year-old male patient with diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma for treatment response which revealed complete response. During re-evaluation process of this patient in our department, asymmetrical brain metabolism defect of right thalamus and hipometabolism of right parietal lobe was observed. This finding was confirmed with additional CT imaging as a subacute infarct tissue.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4402

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