Open AccessFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography in disseminated cryptococcosis
Author(s) -
Sarthak Tripathy,
Girish Kumar Parida,
Shambo Guha Roy,
Abhinav Singhal,
Saumya Ranjan Mallick,
Madhavi Tripathi,
Shamim Ahmed Shamim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_75_17
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , positron emission tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , computed tomography , diaphragm (acoustics) , lymph , radiology , lymphoma , tomography , pathology , nuclear medicine , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Disseminated cryptococcosis without pulmonary involvement is a very rare phenomenon. Patterns of organ involvement in cryptococcosis resemble various other infective conditions as well as malignant conditions on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography. We present a case of a 43-year-old male patient who had disseminated cryptococcosis. The rarity of the case being noninvolvement of lungs and meninges and resembling more like lymphoma due to the diffuse involvement of the lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm.