The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in early infectious discitis: a case report after a negative MRI

Jorge Juan Fragío-Gil, MD; Roxana González-Mazarío, MD; Marta de la Rubia Navarro, MD; José Andrés Román-Ivorra, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Oct 2019)

The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in early infectious discitis: a case report after a negative MRI

Jorge Juan Fragío-Gil, MD,
Roxana González-Mazarío, MD,
Marta de la Rubia Navarro, MD,
José Andrés Román-Ivorra, PhD

Affiliations

Jorge Juan Fragío-Gil, MD: Rheumatology Department, La Fe Hospital, Avda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Valencia 46026, Spain; Corresponding author.
Roxana González-Mazarío, MD: Rheumatology Department, La Fe Hospital, Avda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Valencia 46026, Spain
Marta de la Rubia Navarro, MD: Rheumatology Department, La Fe Hospital, Avda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Valencia 46026, Spain
José Andrés Román-Ivorra, PhD: Rheumatology Department, La Fe Hospital, Avda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Valencia 46026, Spain; Catholic University of Valencia, Avda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Valencia 46026, Spain

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 10
pp. 1214 – 1220

Abstract

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We present the case of a 70 years old woman with infectious discitis which was detected using Fluorine fluodeoxiglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT), after a negative magnetic resonance imaging. A Streptococuss gallolyticus (bovis gender bacteria) grow on culture. In addition 18F-FDG PET also demonstrated infectious endocarditis which was confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and a colonic neoplasm. Here we have highlighted the potential role of 18F-FDG PET/CT study in patients with a clinical history suggestive of infectious discitis with a negative or indifferent magnetic resonance imaging. Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/TC, Spondylodiscitis, Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis, Streptococcus bovis

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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