FDG PET/CT in Monitoring Antituberculosis Therapy in Patient With Widespread Skeletal Tuberculosis.
FDG PET/CT imaging is a useful diagnostic tool in the evaluation of both neoplastic and inflammatory lesions and has a promising role in monitoring therapeutic response. We present a 50-year-old man whose initial PET/CT scan showed multiple foci of intense FDG activity in lytic lesions in the bones. A diagnosis of skeletal tuberculosis was confirmed after bone biopsy. Follow-up FDG PET/CT performed after 12 months of regular antituberculosis treatment demonstrated complete normalization of FDG activity in the bones.
From the *Department of PET/CT Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; and †Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology and Bio-X Program, Canary Center at the Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
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Yunhua
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Wang
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18