Tuberculosis the great mimicker: 18F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in a case of atypical spinal tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-101

  D'Souza, Maria Mathew ^a   Mondal, Anupam ^a   Sharma, Rajnish ^a   Jaimini, Abhinav ^a   Khanna, Urmi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b ESI PGIMSR   (India)

Author keywords

Atypical spinal tuberculosis; mimicker; positron emission tomography computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEOPLASM; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; PUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; TUMOR REGRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET;

EID: 84898802252     PISSN: 09723919     EISSN: 09740244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.130294     Document Type: Article

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