title: Staging and response of sternal histoplasmosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Histoplasmosis, a granulomatous mycosis caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, is known to primarily affect the lungs and the immune system, with involvement of skeletal system as a rare manifestation, in which case the disease usually assumes multifocality. We present a singular case of a young man diagnosed to have an isolated skeletal histoplasmosis involving the body of sternum where 18F-FDG PET/CT played major role in both diagnosis and in response evaluation to antifungal therapy.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, †Medicine, and ‡Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sellam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karunanithi
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Deepali
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Aashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18