title: Tubercular Meningitis on 18F-FDG PET/CT: Incidentally Detected and Masquerading as Relapse in a Patient With Ovarian Burkitt Lymphoma.
abstract: Tuberculosis can mimic malignancy, both clinically as well as on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, leading to false-positive lesions. We present such a case of a 14-year-old female patient with ovarian Burkitt lymphoma treated with chemotherapy. On post-therapy PET/CT, ¹⁸F-FDG avid meningeal enhancement was seen which was suspicious for distant relapse versus tubercular meningitis. On cerebrospinal fluid examination, diagnosis of tubercular meningitis was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: From the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Punit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Chung
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marangmei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18