The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in early infectious discitis: a case report after a negative MRI

The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in early infectious discitis: a case report after a negative MRI

We present the case of a 70 years old woman with infectious discitis which was detected using Fluorine fluodeoxiglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT), after a negative magnetic resonance imaging. A Streptococuss gallolyticus (bovis gender bacteria) grow on culture...

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Main Authors: Jorge Juan Fragío-Gil, MD, Roxana González-Mazarío, MD, Marta de la Rubia Navarro, MD, José Andrés Román-Ivorra, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043319300895
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Summary:We present the case of a 70 years old woman with infectious discitis which was detected using Fluorine fluodeoxiglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT), after a negative magnetic resonance imaging. A Streptococuss gallolyticus (bovis gender bacteria) grow on culture. In addition 18F-FDG PET also demonstrated infectious endocarditis which was confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and a colonic neoplasm. Here we have highlighted the potential role of 18F-FDG PET/CT study in patients with a clinical history suggestive of infectious discitis with a negative or indifferent magnetic resonance imaging. Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/TC, Spondylodiscitis, Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis, Streptococcus bovis
ISSN:1930-0433

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