18F-FDG PET/CT in a case of parasite infection mimicking lung and breast malignancy

Young S.eok Cho; Doo R.yeon Chung; Joon Y.oung Choi; Byung Tae Kim; Kyung Han Lee

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000496

18F-FDG PET/CT in a case of parasite infection mimicking lung and breast malignancy

Young S.eok Cho
, Doo R.yeon Chung
, Joon Y.oung Choi
, Byung Tae Kim
, Kyung Han Lee

Department of Nuclear Medicine

Sungkyunkwan University

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Abstract

A 51-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion, fever, pleural effusion, and pericardial thickening underwent F-FDG PET/CT, which revealed focal hypermetabolic lesions in the right lung and left breast. The histopathology of the lesions was compatible with infiltration of inflammatory cells. Blood eosinophil counts were elevated, and enzyme-linked immunoassays were positive for antibodies to several parasites. After antiparasite medication, blood eosinophil counts were normalized, and PET/CT demonstrated complete disappearance of abnormal FDG accumulation in the lung and breast.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-87
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000000496
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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18F-FDG PET/CT in a case of parasite infection mimicking lung and breast malignancy

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