Addison’s Disease due to Bilateral Adrenal Tuberculosis on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography | Zendy

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Addison’s Disease due to Bilateral Adrenal Tuberculosis on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Author(s) -

Sung Ae Koh

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

infectious disease reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 2036-7449

DOI - 10.4081/idr.2018.7773

Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology , fluorodeoxyglucose , caseous necrosis , lymphoma , biopsy , tuberculosis , computed tomography , lesion , mediastinum , positron emission tomography computed tomography , nuclear medicine , pathology

We present a case of a 60-year-old woman diagnosed with disseminated tuberculosis with bilateral adrenalitis resulting in Addison's disease. The 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT) was performed, which revealed increased FDG uptake in the neck, mediastinal, and abdominal lymph nodes, and both adrenal glands, similar to the lesions noted on CT. We suspected the patient to have a lymphoma; therefore, axillary biopsy was performed, which revealed chronic granulomatous lesion with focal caseous necrosis.

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