Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2014 Mar;48(1):75-78.

Integration of PET/CT in Current Diagnostic and Response Evaluation Methods in Patients with Tuberculosis

• Ozmen O
• Gokcek A
• Tatci E
• Biner I
• Akkalyoncu B

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a systemic disease that still affects many people. While pleural involvement is frequently observed in extrapulmonary tuberculosis, multiple skeletal system and articular involvements are quite rare. FDG PET imaging could be a promising diagnostic and treatment monitoring method, especially in complicated cases and if the other methods are inadequate. In this case study, we report a patientwho was admittedwith suspected malignancy and then diagnosed with tuberculosis pleuritis, lymphadenitis, spondylodiscitis, and sacroiliitis with specific symptoms; the response to anti-tuberculosis therapy was shown using FDG PET/CT.

Keyword

Tuberculosis; Spondylodiscitis; Sacroiliitis; PET/CT

MeSH Terms

Discitis
Humans
Lymphadenitis
Pleurisy
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography*
Sacroiliitis
Tuberculosis*