Concurrent FDG Avid Nasopharyngeal Lesion and Generalized Lymphadenopathy on PET-CT Imaging Is Indicative of Lymphoma in Patients with HIV Infection

Table 2

Patients’ characteristics, PET-CT findings and histopathological diagnosis in Group B.

Patient no.	Sex/age	CD4 counts cells/𝜇L	Viral load; copies/mL	PET indication	PET finding	Lymph node locations	Biopsy site	Pathology
8	F/50	Unknown	Unknown	Adenopathy	High FDG avid nodes	Neck, axillae, mediastinum, retroperitoneum	Axilla	DLBCL
9	F/52	234	1480	Adenopathy	High FDG avid nodes	Neck, axillae, mediastinum, retroperitoneum	Neck	DLBCL
10	M/60	191	2430	Adenopathy	High FDG avid nodes	Neck, groin, mediastinum, retroperitoneum,	Groin	DLBCL
11	F/54	70	34786	Adenopathy	High FDG avid nodes	Mediastinum, neck	Mediastinum	HL
12	M/23	26	19100	Adenopathy	High FDG avid nodes	Mediastinum, neck, groin	Mediastinum	Necrotizing inflammation
13	F/38	60	Unknown	Adenopathy,; pneumonia	Moderate FDG avid nodes	Mediastinum, neck	Mediastinum	Negative for tumor
14	F/45	136	1380	Adenopathy	Moderate FDG avid nodes, esophageal uptake	Mediastinum,; axillae	Axilla	Negative for tumor
15	F/42	64	Unknown	Adenopathy	Mild FDG avid nodes	Mediastinum, neck, axillae	Bone marrow	Negative for tumor
16	M/47	100	39800	Adenopathy	High FDG avid nodes	Mediastinum,; neck, axillae	Neck	Negative for tumor

FDG: fluorodeoxyglucose; DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; HL: Hodgkin’s lymphoma.