Anaplastic large cell lymphoma CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2], Kamal Akbar, M.D.[3]

Overview

Thorax CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Findings on CT scan suggestive of anaplastic large cell lymphoma include mediastinal lymphadenopathy and bilateral pleural effusion.

CT

CT Thorax

Findings on CT scan suggestive of anaplastic large cell lymphoma include:^[1]

CT thorax after administrated contrast in arterial phase is showing large lesion in right subpectoral area encircling right subclavian artery. Artery is somewhat compressed but clearly without significant stenosis or occlusion.^[4]

References

↑ Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma with extranodal involvement of the thigh muscle: a case report. Journal Of Medical Case Reports. http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/9 Accessed on October,13 2015
↑ Von Ende E, Kauffman T, Munoz PA, Martinez-Jiménez S (2018). “Primary Pulmonary Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Rare Malignancy and Rare Cause of the Luftsichel Sign”. Case Rep Radiol. 2018: 8574642. doi:10.1155/2018/8574642. PMC 5960538. PMID 29854536.
↑ Belludi CK, Qian ET, Tolle JJ, Brown RM, Ann Thompson M, Juskevicius R (2018). “Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Manifesting as Pleural Effusion in a Patient with Long-Standing Eosinophilia”. Lab Med. doi:10.1093/labmed/lmy035. PMID 30016448.
↑ Image courtesy of Dr Domagoj Kretic Radiopaedia(original file ‘’here’’). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

Overview