Teaching NeuroImages: diagnostic utility of FDG-PET in neurolymphomatosis.

Toledano, Michel; Siddiqui, Mustaqeem A; Thompson, Carrie A; Garza, Ivan; Pittock, Sean J · Neurology · 2013

case_report · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman with a history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma presented with left-sided facial pain. MRI of the face, orbit, and neck was negative (figure). A week later, she developed hypesthesia in a V3 distribution. Repeat MRI was again nondiagnostic but FDG-PET showed increased uptake along the left V3 branch of the trigeminal nerve, as well as in the parotid gland. Biopsy of the left parotid confirmed recurrent lymphoma.

Medical subject headings