Open AccessHypermetabolic diffuse proximal small bowel wall thickening on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography? Consider strongyloidiasis among the differentials
Author(s) -
Piyush Chandra,
Srinvas Chakravarthy,
Dharmendra Jain,
Satish Nath
Publication year - 2018
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_96_18
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , radiology , positron emission , computed tomography , bacteremia , vomiting , biopsy , nuclear medicine , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Strongyloidiasis is an emerging tropical/subtropical parasitic infection commonly encountered in immunocompromised patients and often accompanied by life-threatening gram-negative bacteremia. We presented an interesting image of a critically ill 66-year-old lady, an asthmatic on high dose steroids, presenting with unexplained fever and vomiting where fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and endoscopic biopsy revealed this often neglected pathogenic nematode.