Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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A Case of Incidentally Detected Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis on F-18 FDG PET/CT

F18-FDG PET/CT에서 우연히 발견된 비인두 결핵 1예

  • Lee, Jai-Hyuen (Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Dankook College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Seung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
  • 이재현 (단국의대 핵의학교실) ;
  • 김재승 (울산의대 서울아산병원 핵의학과)
  • Published : 2008.12.31
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Abstract

It is well known that F18-FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive diagnostic modality for cancer patients. However, false positive cases resulting from benign disease such as tuberculosis in the endemic area often compromise the diagnostic accuracy of F18-FDG PET/CT. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare disease although extrapulmonary tuberculosis can involve any region in the body. We report one case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis incidentally detected on F18-FDG PET/CT.

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