title: Monitoring Therapeutic Response in a Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Serial F-18 FDG PET/CT.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Sil
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: Han Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: Ju Hyoung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: So Chong
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: So Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu Seoul, 138-708 Korea.
authors.forename: Hyon Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; F-18 FDG PET/CT; Tuberculosis