Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment

Lymphadenitis, due to typical or atypical Mycobacterium, is a clinical condition frequently associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Differential diagnosis between benign and malignant causes may be a challenge for clinicians. In this regard, the role of positron emission tomogr...

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Autores principales: Filippi, Luca, Sardella, Barbara, Schillaci, Orazio, Bagni, Oreste
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6771195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579359
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_125_19
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author Filippi, Luca
Sardella, Barbara
Schillaci, Orazio
Bagni, Oreste
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description Lymphadenitis, due to typical or atypical Mycobacterium, is a clinical condition frequently associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Differential diagnosis between benign and malignant causes may be a challenge for clinicians. In this regard, the role of positron emission tomography (PET) with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) has still not been fully explored. We describe a case of 30-year-old male, infected by HIV, with mycobacterial lymphadenitis, in which (18)FDG-PET and PET-derived parameters resulted useful for guiding diagnosis and monitoring the response to treatment.
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spelling pubmed-67711952019-10-02 Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment Filippi, Luca Sardella, Barbara Schillaci, Orazio Bagni, Oreste Indian J Nucl Med Interesting Image Lymphadenitis, due to typical or atypical Mycobacterium, is a clinical condition frequently associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Differential diagnosis between benign and malignant causes may be a challenge for clinicians. In this regard, the role of positron emission tomography (PET) with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) has still not been fully explored. We describe a case of 30-year-old male, infected by HIV, with mycobacterial lymphadenitis, in which (18)FDG-PET and PET-derived parameters resulted useful for guiding diagnosis and monitoring the response to treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6771195/ /pubmed/31579359 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_125_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
title Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
title_full Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
title_fullStr Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
title_short Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient: Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
title_sort mycobacterial lymphadenitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: usefulness of 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for diagnosis and monitoring the response to treatment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6771195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579359
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_125_19
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