Tubercular meningitis and lymphadenitis mimicking a relapse of burkitt's lymphoma on 18F-FDG-PET/CT: A case report

Case Reports in Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 226-232

  El Omri, Halima ^a   Hascsi, Zsolt ^a   Taha, Ruba ^a   Szabados, Lajos ^a   El Sabah, Hesham ^a   Gamiel, Amna ^a   Al Hijji, Ibrahim ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Burkitt's lymphoma; Lymphadenitis; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Tuberculosis meningitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IFOSFAMIDE; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE ATROPHY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHONDROMA; CHONDROMYXOID FIBROMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR HEAD; FEVER; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INDIAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF NECK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUMOR REGRESSION; VOMITING; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET;

EID: 84941950919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000430768     Document Type: Article

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