Probable Syphilitic Aortitis Documented by Positron Emission Tomography

Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Mar;43(3):199-200. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000411.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used to aid in diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious disease. We describe the case of a patient with early latent syphilis with increased metabolic activity along the aorta detected via PET, suggesting probable aortitis. Three months after treatment, the PET showed apparent resolution of the aortitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aortitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortitis / drug therapy
  • Aortitis / metabolism
  • Aortitis / microbiology*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / administration & dosage
  • Homosexuality, Male
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penicillin G Benzathine / therapeutic use*
  • Peru
  • Positron-Emission Tomography* / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / administration & dosage
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Syphilis, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Syphilis, Cardiovascular / drug therapy
  • Syphilis, Cardiovascular / metabolism
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Penicillin G Benzathine