Herpes zoster infection mimicking pelvic lymph node metastasis on FDG-PET/CT in a patient with cervical cancer

Herpes zoster infection mimicking pelvic lymph node metastasis on FDG-PET/CT in a patient with cervical cancer

Although 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) is an established method for the staging of malignancies, benign lesions (e.g, active inflammatory lesions) often show increased metabolic activity. Herpes zoster is the clinical manifestation of the activa...

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Main Authors: Kazutaka Harashima, Shiro Watanabe, Nanase Okazaki, Daisuke Endo, Yuko Uchiyama, Fumi Kato, Kenji Hirata, Kohsuke Kudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2021-07-01
Series:Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Subjects:
varicella zoster
herpes zoster
fdg-pet
cervical cancer
Online Access:https://aojnmb.mums.ac.ir/article_18182_f76754ce0d50c78f2b45937d32a3f45d.pdf

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