From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Pathology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jun;40(6):509-11. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000654.
A 39-year-old woman with complains of polydipsia and dieresis was admitted to endocrinology service for evaluation and potential treatment of diabetes insipidus. During the hospitalization, the patient was found to have unexplained fever, for which an FDG PET/CT was performed to explore the source. The images revealed multiple regions of abnormal hypermetabolism throughout the body. Notably, there was an intense activity in the region of pituitary stalk. Pathological results after biopsy showed pituitary involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
一位 39 岁女性因多饮和多尿就诊于内分泌科,以评估和潜在治疗尿崩症。住院期间,该患者出现不明原因发热,行 FDG PET/CT 检查以寻找发热源。图像显示全身多处区域代谢异常增高。值得注意的是,垂体柄区域有强烈活性。活检后的病理结果显示朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增生症累及垂体。