18F-FDG imaging of a rare cutaneous infection by Mycobacterium avium complex

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Mar;39(3):301-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000346.

Abstract

A 17-year-old male patient was admitted into our hospital with granulomatous eruption (primarily on the lower extremities), diarrhea, fever, and weight loss for 6 months. F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed to rule out the possibility of malignant metastasis or paraneoplastic syndromes. F-FDG PET/CT scan showed multiple bone and skin lesions with significantly intense FDG uptakes and lymph nodes with moderate FDG uptake. A biopsy of the skin lesions was performed, and the tissue was sent for a broad-range polymerase chain reaction amplification, which showed that the pathogenic organism was Mycobacterium avium complex.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex / physiology*
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / microbiology*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Skin / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skin / microbiology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Whole Body Imaging

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18