Primary germ cell tumor of testes with extensive lymph nodal and splenic metastases masquerading lymphoma on 18-F-FDG PET/CT

Sarthak Tripathy, Anirban Mukherjee, Chandrasekhar Bal, Madhavi Tripathi, Saumyaranjan Mallick, Shamim Ahmed Shamim

Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2017 32(2):153-154

Germ cell tumors (GCT) account for the 95% of the malignancies associated with testes. They are the most common solid malignancies affecting the males in the age group of 15–35 years. It is known to be bilateral in 3% of cases. We herein present FDG PET-CT findings of a case with biopsy proven GCT with multiple lymph nodal and splenic metastases mimicking lymphomatous neoplasm.

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