title: Utility of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in a child with chronic granulomatous disease.
abstract: We report the fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG - PET/CT) findings in an 11-month-old boy with suspected milk protein allergy, presented to the hospital with 2-month history of fever of unknown origin and failure to thrive. It showed FDG avid lymphadenopathy above and below the diaphragm and splenic focus, which could represent diffuse inflammatory process or lymphoma. Subsequent jejunal biopsy showed non-necrotizing granulomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center (Moses Campus), Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Gunjan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center (Moses Campus), Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Raphaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DaSilva
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Avni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhalakia
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center (Moses Campus), Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Milstein
keywords: Chronic granulomatous disease; fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography; recurrent infection