title: Uptake of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection.
abstract: Two patients showing abnormal fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection are presented. Intense focal FDG uptake in the lung field could have been caused by an infectious disease such as MAC. This should be considered as a possibility when FDG whole-body scans of patients with pulmonary nodules are interpreted. To our knowledge, this is the first description of an FDG-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) image of MAC infection of the lung.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa.
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandoh
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tojo
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18