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

Lee, Jai-Hyuen (Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Dankook College of Medicine)
Kim, Jae-Seung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.42, no.6, 2008 , pp. 482-484 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is well known that F18-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 F18-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 F18-FDG PET/CT.
Keywords
Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis; F18-FDG; PET/CT;
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