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Generalized Lymphadenopathy and 18-Fluorine Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Targeting Diagnostic Intervention, Characterizing Disease Extent, and Assessing Treatment Efficacy in Syphilis
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Generalized Lymphadenopathy and 18-Fluorine Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Targeting Diagnostic Intervention, Characterizing Disease Extent, and Assessing Treatment Efficacy in Syphilis

Praveen Ranganath, Rajendra Kapila, Vivek Vadehra, Qing Wang, Eugenio Capitle and Nasrin Ghesani
Sexually transmitted diseases, Vol.42(2), pp.68-70
02/01/2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000237
PMID: 25585063

Abstract

Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
18-Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been shown to have use in the diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious diseases in addition to its primary use in cancer. We describe a case of early neurosyphilis that initially presented as symmetric, generalized lymphadenopathy on PET/CT. We conclude that PET/CT may play a role in evaluating targeted diagnostic interventions, disease extent, and treatment efficacy for disseminated syphilis.

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