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A case of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium infection in an immunocompetent patient who showed a huge consolidation with a high FDG uptake on PET/CT
Kato, Akane
Yamamoto, Hiroshi
Ikeda, Mariko
Tateishi, Kazunari
Ushiki, Atsuhito
Yasuo, Masanori
Kawakami, Satoshi
Asaka, Shiho
Oguchi, Kazuhiro
Hanaoka, Masayuki
Mycobacterium avium
Angiogram sign
Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT)
Maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax)
We encountered a middle-aged afebrile immunocompetent woman with a slight cough. Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) revealed a broad left upper-lobe consolidation without cavity lesions, small nodules, or bronchiectasis showing a positive fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake with a maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of 26.9. Percutaneous needle lung biopsy specimens showed caseous granulomas without atypical cells and Mycobacterium avium was cultured from left pleural effusion, which developed after the biopsy. The consolidation significantly decreased following combination chemotherapy for approximately 2 years. Clinicians should remember that pulmonary M. avium infection could result in a large consolidation without other typical radiological findings.
Article
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports.19:49-52(2016)
journal article
Elsevier
2016-07-07
application/pdf
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
19
49
52
2213-0071
https://soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/20215/files/1-s2.0-S2213007116300582-main.pdf
eng
27489760
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27489760
10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.07.004
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.07.004
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).