Diagnostic utility of PET/CT in a patient with miliary tuberculosis
MONALDI ARCHIVES FOR CHEST DISEASE, vol.89, no.2, 2019 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 89 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.4081/monaldi.2019.1080
- Journal Name: MONALDI ARCHIVES FOR CHEST DISEASE
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A 63-year-old male presented with loss of appetite, subfebrile fever, swelling of the right hand and dyspnea on exertion for three months. Past medical history revealed methotrexate treatment of six months for rheumatoid arthritis. Chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) revealed diffuse miliary nodules. PET/CT scan demonstrated diffuse FDG uptake in both lungs, in the spleen, in the right hand. the mediastinal and the axillary lymph nodes. MR of the right hand showed inflammatory arthritis. Histopathology of the right hand tru-cut biopsy revealed degenerative changes. Culture of the hand biopsy tissue was positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis.