18F-FDG PET/CT in a Case of Parasite Infection Mimicking Lung and Breast Malignancy. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cho, Young Seok; Chung, Doo Ryeon; Choi, Joon Young; Kim, Byung-Tae; Lee, Kyung-Han
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 1(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: parasite -- lung cancer -- breast cancer -- granuloma -- 18F-FDG -- PET -- CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000496
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 51-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion, fever, pleural effusion, and pericardial thickening underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT, which revealed focal hypermetabolic lesions in the right lung and left breast. The histopathology of the lesions was compatible with infiltration of inflammatory cells. Blood eosinophil counts were elevated, and enzyme-linked immunoassays were positive for antibodies to several parasites. After antiparasite medication, blood eosinophil counts were normalized, and PET/CT demonstrated complete disappearance of abnormal FDG accumulation in the lung and breast.