title: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus-associated Castleman's disease and Kaposi sarcoma, disorders associated with human herpes virus 8 infection.
abstract: We report a case of a 38-year-old man affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with a diagnosis of Castleman's disease, plasmablastic type human herpes virus 8 infection, and Kaposi sarcoma based on a histological examination of one cervical lymph node biopsy. The patient underwent (18)F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG-PET/CT). (18)F-FDG-PET/ CT seems to be a valuable tool in patients with HIV-associated Castleman's disease and Kaposi sarcoma. It allows accurate staging and identifies more sites of disease than conventional CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. francesco.bertagna@spedalicivili.brescia.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertagna
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biasiotto
authors.forename: Rosita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodella
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giubbini
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18