Kar Siven, Gupta Harshita, Shaikh Nusrat, Lele Vikram
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
World J Nucl Med. 2024 Jun 24;23(4):282-284. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1787894. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Extramedullary infiltration of acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (ALL) to genital organs is extremely rare. Here, we present a case report of an asymptomatic 49-year-old female, known case of precursor B-cell ALL, who was incidentally detected with thickened and heterogeneously hyperechoic endometrium on sonography. Contrast magnetic resonance imaging detected large polypoidal enhancing lesions showing intense diffusion restriction occupying the endometrial cavity and similar lesions in the left adnexa, left ovary, and fallopian tube which were suspicious for leukemic infiltration because of the clinical history and atypical appearance of the lesions. F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( F-FDG PET/CT) was done which revealed intensely metabolically active lesion in the endometrial cavity, left adnexa, omental nodules, retroperitoneal lymph node, pancreatic lesion, and few irregular nodules in the right lower lobe. Biopsy findings confirmed extramedullary relapse of ALL. Hence, F-FDG PET/CT can act as a good whole body survey to look for extramedullary sites of relapse.
急性淋巴细胞白血病/淋巴瘤(ALL)髓外浸润至生殖器官极为罕见。在此,我们报告一例病例,一名49岁无症状女性,已知为前体B细胞ALL患者,超声检查偶然发现子宫内膜增厚且回声不均匀增强。对比磁共振成像检测到巨大的息肉样强化病变,显示强烈的扩散受限,占据子宫内膜腔,左附件、左卵巢和输卵管也有类似病变,鉴于临床病史和病变的非典型表现,怀疑为白血病浸润。进行了氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(F-FDG PET/CT),结果显示子宫内膜腔、左附件、网膜结节、腹膜后淋巴结、胰腺病变以及右下叶有几个不规则结节存在强烈代谢活性病变。活检结果证实为ALL髓外复发。因此,F-FDG PET/CT可作为寻找髓外复发部位的良好全身检查手段。