Lymph Node Tuberculosis mimics malignancy on 18F-FDG PET/CT: a report of three cases and a brief rev

• 作 者: Hong-YingCao;Zhen-HuaZhang;HuaYe;LiXiang;Cui-LianLuo;JingWang;Jing-BoWu;Qing-LianWen;
• 机 构: Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China
• 出 处: 第九届泛珠江区域放射肿瘤学学术大会暨肿瘤放射治疗多中心协作研讨会、重庆市医学会放射肿瘤治疗学专业委员会2014年会
• 发表日期: 2014年期

　　18F-flourodeoxyglucose positron emission/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) imaging, an established procedure for evaluation of malignancy, shows an increased 18F-FDG uptake in acute or chronic inflammatory condition.We report three patients with Lymph Node Tuberculosis (LNTB) mimicked malignant lymphoma or metastatic malignant lymph nodes from lung cancer.The LNTB is usually resulted from pulmonary tuberculosis through M.tuberculosis bacilli drainage by lymphatic vessels.So, we must pay much attention to false positive of 18F-FDG PET/CT in LNTB especially when patients suffered pulmonary tuberculosis or being suffered pulmonary tuberculosis.