Titre
Incidental Unilateral Tuberculous Sacroiliitis Detected by (18)F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient with Abdominal Tuberculosis.
Type
étude de cas
Institution
Externe
Périodique
Asia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology
Auteur(s)
Albano, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Treglia, G.
Auteure/Auteur
Desenzani, P.
Auteure/Auteur
Bertagna, F.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
2322-5718
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2017
Volume
5
Numéro
2
Première page
144
Dernière page/numéro d’article
147
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Tuberculosis is a systemic disease which involves skeletal and articular system very rarely. Osteoarticular tuberculosis commonly occurs in the vertebral column and more rarely in the sacroiliac joints. In this study, we report a 44-years-old male patient with low-grade fever, malabsorption syndrome, abdominal and pelvic ascites and low-back pain, that underwent (18)F-FDG PET/CT for identifying the cause of signs and symptoms after a negative abdominal CT and negative thorax radiography. The study revealed increased tracer uptake at the peritoneal ascites and at the right sacroiliac joint in absence of bone alteration suggesting a sacroiliitis. Staining of the ascitic fluid was positive for acid-fast bacilli (Ziehl-Neelsen) and in the subsequent abdominal paracentesis Mycobacterium Tuberculosis was isolated; the final diagnosis was abdominal tuberculosis with a sacroiliac joint involvement. The patient started antitubercular therapy for 6 months and the clinical conditions were resolved, in particular both back pain and ascites disappeared.
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