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

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...

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Published in:Diagnostics (Basel) 2024-05, Vol.14 (10), p.1018
Main Authors: Scherer, Julian, Kotze, Tessa, Mdiza, Zintle, Lawson, Andrew, Held, Michael, Thienemann, Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess
Diagnosis
drug-sensitive
Informed consent
Magnetic resonance imaging
PET/CT
Pott’s disease
psoas abscess
Reading
Review boards
Tomography
Tuberculosis
tuberculous spondylodiscitis
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2075-4418
2075-4418
DOI:10.3390/diagnostics14101018