Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis with Psoas Abscess Descending into the Anterior Femoral Compartment Identified Using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoroglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography.
Julian SchererTessa KotzeZintle MdizaAndrew LawsonMichael HeldFriedrich ThienemannPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
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.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- pet ct
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- contrast enhanced
- case report
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- pet imaging
- randomized controlled trial
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- spinal cord
- fine needle aspiration
- emergency department
- single cell
- adverse drug
- ultrasound guided
- total hip arthroplasty
- body composition
- bone mineral density
- hiv infected
- rare case
- electronic health record
- spinal cord injury
- drug induced