Nucl Med Mol Imaging.
2008 Dec;42(6):482-484.
A Case of Incidentally Detected Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis on F-18 FDG PET/CT
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- 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Dankook College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jaeskim@amc.seoul.kr
Abstract
- It is well known that F-18 FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive diagnostic modality for cancer patients. However, false positive cases resulting from benign disease such as tuberculosis in the endemic area often compromise the diagnostic accuracy of F-18 FDG PET/CT. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare disease although extrapulmonary tuberculosis can involve any region in the body. We report one case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis incidentally detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT.
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