Pulmonary Brucellosis on FDG PET/CT

ABSTRACTA 67-year-old man known with pulmonary nodule underwent FDG PET/CT scan for further evaluation. The images showed increased FDG activity in the pulmonary lesions and in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes without extrathoracic abnormality. Pulmonary brucellosis was subsequently diagnosed....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 2014-02, Vol.39 (2), p.222-223
Hauptverfasser:	Zhang, Tao, Wang, Chunmei, Niu, Ruilong, Wang, Xuemei
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Brucellosis - diagnostic imaging Brucellosis - therapy Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Humans Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases - therapy Male Multimodal Imaging Positron-Emission Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACTA 67-year-old man known with pulmonary nodule underwent FDG PET/CT scan for further evaluation. The images showed increased FDG activity in the pulmonary lesions and in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes without extrathoracic abnormality. Pulmonary brucellosis was subsequently diagnosed. The patient received anti-Brucella therapy and recovered promptly.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/RLU.0000000000000327