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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis with Psoas Abscess Descending into the Anterior Femoral Compartment Identified Using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoroglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography.

Julian Scherer, Tessa Kotze, Zintle Mdiza, Andrew Lawson, Michael Held, Friedrich Thienemann

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Julian SchererOrthopaedic Research Unit, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8943-5817
Tessa KotzeCUBIC, PET/CT, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5362-1781
Zintle MdizaCUBIC, PET/CT, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Andrew LawsonCUBIC, PET/CT, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Michael HeldOrthopaedic Research Unit, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Friedrich ThienemannGeneral Medicine & Global Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine and Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4801-2030

Funding

AO Spine (AOS-DIA-22-029-TRA)ECTP2 Program RIA2017T- 2004-StatinTB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 24-year-old immunocompetent woman underwent whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT for the evaluation of MRI-suspicious tuberculous spinal lesions. The PET/CT results showed no pathological uptake in either lung, and there were no pathological changes on CT. There was increased uptake in the right psoas muscle, extending continuously down anterior to the right hip joint, posterior to and around the trochanteric region of the right femur, and into the right thigh, with an SUVmaxbw of 17.0. Subsequently, the patient underwent CT-guided biopsy as per protocol, which revealed drug-sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the patient was started on standard tuberculosis treatment for 12 months.

Indexed as

drug-sensitivePET/CTPott’s diseasepsoas abscesstuberculous spondylodiscitis

Identifiers

PMID38786316
PMCPMC11119091

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