Diagnosis of silent myocardial ischemia during the staging of HIV-associated lymphoma with FDG PET/CT.

Fasting 18F fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography examinations are routinely performed for the staging of HIV-associated lymphomas. In addition to possible comorbidity factors, the chronic inflammation that occurs in HIV-infected patients together with the metabolic side effects of antiretroviral therapy increases the risk for coronary artery disease. Moreover, HIV-infected patients are likely to develop polyneuropathies due to the viral infection or to the side effects of long-term protease or nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitor treatments.We report a case that illustrates the need to suspect the diagnosis of silent myocardial ischemia among HIV-positive patients with myocardial F-18 fluoro-deoxy-glucose uptake involving a coronary artery territory.