4-fluoroglutamine and Lymphoma

18F-FDG and 18F-(2S,4R)4-fluoroglutamine (18F-FGln) PET/CT were performed in a 58-year-old woman with suspected small intestinal malignancy for differential diagnosis and staging. 18F-FDG and 18F-FGln PET images showed consistent intense hypermetabolic lesion activity in part of the small intestine. Moreover, 18F-FDG/PET demonstrated a focal of increased radiotracer uptake in left adrenal lesion, which did not show abnormal activity on 18F-FGln/PET. The postoperative pathology confirmed that it was a peripheral T-cell lymphomas of the intestine, and the adrenal lesion was considered benign after continuous CT follow-up for more than 2 years.

Topics: Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Glutamine; Humans; Lymphoma; Middle Aged; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography