Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae infection in susceptible individuals. Without proper clinical diagnosis and treatment, leprosy can have a poor prognosis; however, diagnosing leprosy is challenging. We present a case of leprosy with extensive skin infiltration and involvement of the turbinate mucosa and multiple lymph nodes with increased FDG uptake on PET/CT, mimicking malignancy.
BT - Clinical nuclear medicine C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31977489 DA - 01/2020 DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002935 J2 - Clin Nucl Med LA - eng N2 -Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae infection in susceptible individuals. Without proper clinical diagnosis and treatment, leprosy can have a poor prognosis; however, diagnosing leprosy is challenging. We present a case of leprosy with extensive skin infiltration and involvement of the turbinate mucosa and multiple lymph nodes with increased FDG uptake on PET/CT, mimicking malignancy.
PY - 2020 T2 - Clinical nuclear medicine TI - 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging Findings of Leprosy. SN - 1536-0229 ER -