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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Masquerading as Metastasis after Heavy Ion Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer.

Masaru Ando, Yutaka Mukai, Ryo-Ichi Ushijima, Yoshiyuki Shioyama, Kenji Umeki, Fumito Okada, Shin-Ichi Nureki, Hiromitsu Mimata, Jun-Ichi Kadota

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masaru AndoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Yutaka Mukai
Ryo-Ichi Ushijima
Yoshiyuki Shioyama
Kenji Umeki
Fumito Okada
Shin-Ichi Nureki
Hiromitsu Mimata
Jun-Ichi Kadota
Oita University · JPSAGA Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Tosu · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) is useful in disease monitoring of malignancies after therapy, while an FDG uptake may also be present in benign diseases. We herein demonstrate a case of disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis mimicking systemic metastasis of prostate cancer. This case highlights that clinicians should consider Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with prostate cancer who demonstrate multifocal FDG uptakes masquerading as metastasis, even when the chest photographs reveal a normal appearance and a sputum examination demonstrates negative results. An invasive surgical biopsy may be required and a pathological analysis would be critical in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Indexed as

Heavy Ion RadiotherapyMycobacterium tuberculosisPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleProstatic NeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsTuberculosis, MiliaryFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

Identifiers

PMID27853089
PMCPMC5173514
OpenAlexW2556980541

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