title: 18F-FDG Hypermetabolism in Spinal Cord Schistosomiasis.
abstract: A 24-year-old Saudi man presented with progressive lower-back pain for 3 months followed by lower-limb weakness, numbness, and urinary retention. Cerebrospinal fluid examination revealed high-protein, elevated white blood cell count with lymphocyte predominance. MRI scan of the spine demonstrated heterogeneously enhancing longitudinal spinal cord lesion from T6 through T9. FDG-PET/CT demonstrated prominently hypermetabolic lesion in the spinal cord. He had laminectomy and spinal cord (intramedullary) biopsy. Pathology revealed Schistosoma mansoni ova.
authors.affiliation: From the *Nuclear Medicine Division, Medical Imaging Department, and Departments of †Neurology and ‡Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Fahad Hospital, NGHA, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center/King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mustafa Erkan
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Altinyay
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alharthi
authors.forename: Ali H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Alassiri
authors.forename: Ghulam Mustafa Shah
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Syed
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18