18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in diagnosis and treatment monitoring of pyrexia of unknown origin due to tuberculosis with prominent hepatosplenic involvement

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-237

  Shejul, Yogesh ^a   Chhajed, Prashant N ^b   Basu, Sandip ^c  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Infectious disease; Pyrexia of unknown origin; Second line antitubercular therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEVER; LIVER; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84906963979     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.113.132985     Document Type: Article

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