Solitary Chest Wall Tuberculosis Mimicking a Malignancy Demonstrated on FDG PET/CT
Liu Xiao, Yuhao Li, Lin Li
Clinical Nuclear Medicine · 2022-04
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Solitary chest wall tuberculosis is rare. Herein, we reported a case of image findings of chest wall tuberculosis in a 44-year-old woman. On FDG PET/CT, it presented as a solitary soft tissue mass with invasion of adjacent rib, diaphragm, and avid FDG uptake with an SUV max of 10.19, mimicking a malignancy. The postoperative pathology supported a diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Malignancy
- Radiology
- Soft tissue
- Differential diagnosis
- Tuberculosis diagnosis
- Positron emission tomography