Whole-body MRI as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), a tickborne infection usually manifesting as fever, malaise, cytopenia, spleen enlargement, and hepatitis. Herein, we report a case of a 14-year-old girl with HGA whose wh...

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Autores principales: Picco, Paolo, Naselli, Aldo, Pala, Giovanna, Rizzo, Francesca, Damasio, Beatrice, Buoncompagni, Antonella, Martini, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4271715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981614549571
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author Picco, Paolo
Naselli, Aldo
Pala, Giovanna
Rizzo, Francesca
Damasio, Beatrice
Buoncompagni, Antonella
Martini, Alberto
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Pala, Giovanna
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description Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), a tickborne infection usually manifesting as fever, malaise, cytopenia, spleen enlargement, and hepatitis. Herein, we report a case of a 14-year-old girl with HGA whose whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed an unusual picture characterized by small, widespread punctuate millimetric nodules, hypointense on T1-weighted and hyperintense on STIR sequences. This firstly reported finding may represent an alternative tool for identifying atypical infectious diseases.
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spelling pubmed-42717152014-12-22 Whole-body MRI as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection Picco, Paolo Naselli, Aldo Pala, Giovanna Rizzo, Francesca Damasio, Beatrice Buoncompagni, Antonella Martini, Alberto Acta Radiol Short Rep Case Report Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), a tickborne infection usually manifesting as fever, malaise, cytopenia, spleen enlargement, and hepatitis. Herein, we report a case of a 14-year-old girl with HGA whose whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed an unusual picture characterized by small, widespread punctuate millimetric nodules, hypointense on T1-weighted and hyperintense on STIR sequences. This firstly reported finding may represent an alternative tool for identifying atypical infectious diseases. SAGE Publications 2014-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4271715/ /pubmed/25535572 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981614549571 Text en © The Foundation Acta Radiologica 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm).
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Picco, Paolo
Naselli, Aldo
Pala, Giovanna
Rizzo, Francesca
Damasio, Beatrice
Buoncompagni, Antonella
Martini, Alberto
Whole-body MRI as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection
title Whole-body MRI as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection
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title_fullStr Whole-body MRI as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection
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title_short Whole-body MRI as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection
title_sort whole-body mri as an unconventional diagnostic tool in a pediatric patient with systemic infection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4271715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981614549571
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