title: 18F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Scrub Typhus.
abstract: Scrub typhus is an acute infectious disease caused by Orienta tsutsugamushi, which is clinically manifested by fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, diffuse myalgia, headache, maculopapular rash, and eschars at the site of chigger feedings. Diagnosis of scrub typhus requires compatible clinical features, history of exposure, and result of selorogic testing. In recent years, F-FDG PET/CT is seen as having increasing potential for use in examination and management of patients with infectious or inflammatory disorders. This is a PET/CT case demonstrating scrub typhus in a patient without evidence of recurrence of thyroid papillary cancer.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jahae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Sae-Ryung
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sang-Geon
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Ho-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18