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ArticleMolecular imaging and radionuclide therapy2014

Multifoci Bone Tuberculosis and Lymphadenitis in Mediastinum Mimics Malignancy on FDG-PET/CT: A Case Report.

Nalan Alan Selçuk, Ayşen Fenercioğlu, Hatem Hakan Selçuk, Cağatay Uluçay, Esin Yencilek

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Article in Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nalan Alan SelçukYeditepe University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Ayşen FenercioğluYeditepe University Hospital, Department of Family Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Hatem Hakan SelçukBakırköy State Hospital, Department of Radiology, İstanbul, Turkey.
Cağatay UluçayYeditepe University Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Esin YencilekHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yeditepe University Hospital · TRBakırköy Psychiatric Hospital · TRHaydarpaşa Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledPositron Emission Tomography with 2-deoxy-[F-18]-fluoro-D-glucose (FDG-PET) has become a reliable diagnostic tool in clinical practice similar to Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging and Computed Tomography (CT). FDG-PET has especially been used to differentiate malignant from benign lesions, and for staging and follow- up malignant tumors. However, FDG-PET has some pitfalls in cancer screening and FDG tracer accumulates at sites of infection and inflammation. Bone tuberculosis may be confused with malignant tumors of bone and its metastases, and can accumulate focally increased FDG in active period. We present a 60-year-old woman with lytic bone lesions and mediastinal hypermetabolic foci, initially suspected to be malignant by means of FDG-PET and the other imaging modalities; however, bone biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of bone tuberculosis. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None declared.

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18FDGbone tuberculosisdiagnosisPositron-emission tomographytumors

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