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Monitoring Therapeutic Response in a Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Serial F-18 FDG PET/CT

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Due to the low yield of AFB smear and culture in extrapulmonary tuberculosis, therapeutic responses of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis are usually monitored clinically and/or radiographically. Such monitoring techniques, however, are not enough to provide effective diagnosis if a remnant lesion exists after treatment. Tuberculosis presents hypermetabolic activity on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) scanning. Reported herein is a case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis where the therapeutic response was assessed via serial F-18 FDG PET/CT scanning, which was useful for detecting the extent of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and for estimating the patient’s therapeutic response.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Ga-rak Bon Dong, 58, Songpa Gu, Seoul, 138-708, Korea

    Yong Hyun Park, Chang Min Yu, Jun Oh Jung, Han Seok Seo, Ju Hyoung Lee, So Chong Hur, So Yeon Kim & Hyon Young Lee

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea

    Eun Sil Kim

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Park, Y.H., Yu, C.M., Kim, E.S. et al. Monitoring Therapeutic Response in a Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Serial F-18 FDG PET/CT. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 46, 69–72 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-011-0114-8

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