title: Pulmonary brucellosis on FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 67-year-old man known with pulmonary nodule underwent FDG PET/CT scan for further evaluation. The images showed increased FDG activity in the pulmonary lesions and in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes without extrathoracic abnormality. Pulmonary brucellosis was subsequently diagnosed. The patient received anti-Brucella therapy and recovered promptly.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ruilong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18