title: Unilateral Adrenal Cryptococcosis on FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 70-year-old man with T-cell deficiency experienced continuous right waist pain and a low degree of fever. Abdominal CT found a large right adrenal mass. FDG PET/CT imaging was acquired to identify the nature of this likely malignant mass and search for potential metastases. The images revealed increased FDG activity in the mass. The patient received right adrenalectomy. Postsurgical pathological and microbial examination demonstrated adrenal cryptococcosis.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Pathology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jinxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yifan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18