Nucl Med Mol Imaging.
2012 Mar;46(1):69-72.
Monitoring Therapeutic Response in a Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Serial F-18 FDG PET/CT
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58( Songpa Gu, Seoul, 138-708, Korea. yu0021@nph.go.kr
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Due to the low yield of AFB smear and culture in extrapulmonary tuberculosis, therapeutic responses of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis are usually monitored clinically and/or radiographically. Such monitoring techniques, however, are not enough to provide effective diagnosis if a remnant lesion exists after treatment. Tuberculosis presents hypermetabolic activity on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) scanning. Reported herein is a case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis where the therapeutic response was assessed via serial F-18 FDG PET/CT scanning, which was useful for detecting the extent of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and for estimating the patient's therapeutic response.
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