Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging  2008;42(6):482-484

A Case of Incidentally Detected Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis on F-18 FDG PET/CT.

Jai Hyuen LEE 1 ; Jae Seung KIM

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Keywords

Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis; F-18 FDG; PET/CT

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

It is well known that F-18 FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive diagnostic modality for cancer patients. However, false positive cases resulting from benign disease such as tuberculosis in the endemic area often compromise the diagnostic accuracy of F-18 FDG PET/CT. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare disease although extrapulmonary tuberculosis can involve any region in the body. We report one case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis incidentally detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT.