title: PET/CT and MRI Imaging of a Eumycetoma of the Right Thigh.
abstract: Eumycetoma is a chronic tropical fungal disease that infiltrates subcutaneous tissues, mainly in the feet and legs. Standard antifungal drugs are ineffective, and mutilating surgery is common. Morphological imaging is useful for assessing the local extent of the disease before surgery. FDG PET/CT may be of potential interest for the general extent, but PET descriptions remain scarce and mostly relate to the feet. Here, the authors present FDG PET/CT and MRI study of a very rare case of an extensive, biopsy-proven eumycetoma of the right thigh that was performed to guide potential surgery.
authors: From the *Department of Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, Bicêtre University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre; and †IR4M-UMR8081, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Orsay, France.
authors: Florent L
authors: FL
authors: Besson
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Blanc-Durand
authors: Céline
authors: C
authors: Meyer
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Grimon
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Durand
mesh_terms: D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18