Extensive Pulmonary Cryptococcosis as a Presentation in an Immunocompetent Young Male: A Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Finding

Extensive Pulmonary Cryptococcosis as a Presentation in an Immunocompetent Young Male: A Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Finding

A 42-year-old male presented with a dry cough, breathlessness, and fever. He underwent a computed tomography that revealed large consolidation in the right lung. Biopsy revealed . He was on antifungal for 4 months with no clinicoradiological improvement. F- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomog...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of nuclear medicine 2023-10, Vol.38 (4), p.394-395
Hauptverfasser: Chauhan, Prajwal, Singh, Vijay, De, Sumeet Kumar, Gupta, Mansi, Nath, Alok, Ora, Manish
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Sprache:eng
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Antifungal agents
Biopsy
Case reports
Computed tomography
Fluorine isotopes
Fungal infections
Fungi
Fungicides
Infection
Interesting Image
Lungs
Males
Nodules
Nuclear medicine
Positron emission
Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:A 42-year-old male presented with a dry cough, breathlessness, and fever. He underwent a computed tomography that revealed large consolidation in the right lung. Biopsy revealed . He was on antifungal for 4 months with no clinicoradiological improvement. F- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( F-FDG PET/CT) showed consolidations in the right lung with multiple lung nodules. F-FDG PET/CT ascertains the diagnosis of residual fungal infection and rules out extrapulmonary involvement.
ISSN:0972-3919
0974-0244
DOI:10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_47_23