Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance.
A 28-year-old immigrant presented with a 2-week history of throbbing headache. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) examination showed multiple brain abscesses. He is a known defaulter from miliary tuberculosis treatment. 18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple visually high metabolic activit...
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| author | Nordin, Abdul Jalil Rossetti, Claudio Abdul Rahim, Noraini |
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| description | A 28-year-old immigrant presented with a 2-week history
of throbbing headache. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography
(CECT) examination showed multiple brain abscesses. He is a known defaulter from miliary tuberculosis treatment. 18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple visually high metabolic activity lesions disseminated in the brain, thorax, abdomen and pelvis [1]. The maximum standard uptake values (SUVmax) of these lesions were substantially > 3.0 and comparable to the uptake of FDG-avid malignant lesions. These findings demand careful image interpretation implicating false-positive results [2, 3]. Our case illustrates the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in mapping active tuberculous lesions which can be used for baseline study [4].
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| spelling | upm-140992015-12-18T03:14:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14099/ Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. Nordin, Abdul Jalil Rossetti, Claudio Abdul Rahim, Noraini A 28-year-old immigrant presented with a 2-week history of throbbing headache. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) examination showed multiple brain abscesses. He is a known defaulter from miliary tuberculosis treatment. 18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated multiple visually high metabolic activity lesions disseminated in the brain, thorax, abdomen and pelvis [1]. The maximum standard uptake values (SUVmax) of these lesions were substantially > 3.0 and comparable to the uptake of FDG-avid malignant lesions. These findings demand careful image interpretation implicating false-positive results [2, 3]. Our case illustrates the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in mapping active tuberculous lesions which can be used for baseline study [4]. Springer Verlag 2009-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14099/1/Disseminated%20tuberculosis%20infection.pdf Nordin, Abdul Jalil and Rossetti, Claudio and Abdul Rahim, Noraini (2009) Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 36 (5). p. 882. ISSN 1619-7070; ESSN: 1619-7089 10.1007/s00259-009-1107-z English |
| spellingShingle | Nordin, Abdul Jalil Rossetti, Claudio Abdul Rahim, Noraini Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. |
| title | Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. |
| title_full | Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. |
| title_fullStr | Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. |
| title_short | Disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance. |
| title_sort | disseminated tuberculosis infection : a super 18f-fdg pet/ct appearance. |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14099/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14099/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14099/1/Disseminated%20tuberculosis%20infection.pdf |