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Positron‐emission Tomography Used to Diagnose Tuberculosis in a Renal Transplant Patient

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020117.x

ISSN

1600-6143

Autores

Neville Kukreja, Gary Cook, James Pattison,

Tópico(s)

Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

Resumo

We describe the case of a 22‐year‐old Portuguese renal transplant patient whose post‐transplant course was complicated by prolonged delayed graft function and pyrexia of unknown origin. Conventional imaging techniques were not definitive, but positron‐emission tomography (PET) scanning identified abnormalities in the lung and mediastinum that led to a diagnostic biopsy demonstrating mycobacterial infection. We describe the case of a 22‐year‐old Portuguese renal transplant patient whose post‐transplant course was complicated by prolonged delayed graft function and pyrexia of unknown origin. Conventional imaging techniques were not definitive, but positron‐emission tomography (PET) scanning identified abnormalities in the lung and mediastinum that led to a diagnostic biopsy demonstrating mycobacterial infection.

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