Lymph node tuberculosis in a patient with polymyalgic symptoms:: value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET)

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作者：
Wenger, M
Gasser, R
Donnemiller, E
Klauser, A
Moncayo, R
Schirmer, M
机构：
[1] Univ Innsbruck, Innere Med Klin, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[2] Univ Innsbruck Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[3] Univ Innsbruck Hosp, Dept Int Med, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[4] Univ Innsbruck Hosp, Dept Radiol, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
来源：
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR RHEUMATOLOGIE | 2003年 / 62卷 / 03期
关键词：
polymyalgia rheumatica; corticosteroid; tuberculosis; diagnostic imaging; fludeoxyglucose;
D O I：
10.1007/s00393-003-0521-z
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
F-18-FDG-PET studies were performed in a 60-year-old female patient with polymyalgia rheumatica resistant to prior corticosteroid treatment. PET studies showed a cervical focus, which was identified histologically and microbiologically as lymph node tuberculosis.
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页码：294 / 295
页数：2
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