(18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection. It is commonly seen in immunocompromised individuals from endemic areas. Adrenal glands are frequently involved in the disseminated disease. Here, we present the case of a retropositive patient with constitutional symptoms, where whole-body po...

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Autores principales: Kalathoorakath, Renjith Radhakrishnan, Sharma, Aman, Sood, Ashwani, Nahar, Uma, Gorla, Arun Kumar Reddy, Mittal, Bhagwant Rai
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150451
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author Kalathoorakath, Renjith Radhakrishnan
Sharma, Aman
Sood, Ashwani
Nahar, Uma
Gorla, Arun Kumar Reddy
Mittal, Bhagwant Rai
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description Histoplasmosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection. It is commonly seen in immunocompromised individuals from endemic areas. Adrenal glands are frequently involved in the disseminated disease. Here, we present the case of a retropositive patient with constitutional symptoms, where whole-body positron emission tomography/CT scan revealed intense (18)F-fludeoxyglucose uptake in bulky adrenal glands, and subsequent positron emission tomography-guided biopsy helped in establishing the diagnosis of adrenal histoplasmosis.
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spelling pubmed-62433342018-11-20 (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis Kalathoorakath, Renjith Radhakrishnan Sharma, Aman Sood, Ashwani Nahar, Uma Gorla, Arun Kumar Reddy Mittal, Bhagwant Rai BJR Case Rep Case Report Histoplasmosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection. It is commonly seen in immunocompromised individuals from endemic areas. Adrenal glands are frequently involved in the disseminated disease. Here, we present the case of a retropositive patient with constitutional symptoms, where whole-body positron emission tomography/CT scan revealed intense (18)F-fludeoxyglucose uptake in bulky adrenal glands, and subsequent positron emission tomography-guided biopsy helped in establishing the diagnosis of adrenal histoplasmosis. The British Institute of Radiology 2016-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6243334/ /pubmed/30459990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150451 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kalathoorakath, Renjith Radhakrishnan
Sharma, Aman
Sood, Ashwani
Nahar, Uma
Gorla, Arun Kumar Reddy
Mittal, Bhagwant Rai
(18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
title (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
title_full (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
title_fullStr (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
title_full_unstemmed (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
title_short (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and PET-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
title_sort (18)f-fdg pet/ct imaging and pet-guided biopsy in evaluation and treatment decision in adrenal histoplasmosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150451
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