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Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking Ankylosing Spondylitis
Joint Authors
Huyge, Valérie
Soyfoo, Muhammad S.
Goldman, Serge
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting mainly the axial skeleton.
Here we report a case of a man with a clinical suspicion of ankylosing spondylitis but with a persistence of increased inflammatory markers.
In this case, 18F-FDG-PET/CT revealed multiple hypermetabolic lesions in axial skeleton, lymph nodes, and the lung, suggestive of either disseminated tuberculosis or lymphoma.
Histological analysis of the pulmonary lesion revealed mycobacterium tuberculosis.
This case highlights, firstly, the importance of excluding other diagnoses in the presence of clinical picture of ankylosing spondylitis and high inflammatory markers and, secondly, the determining role of PET/CT.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Huyge, Valérie& Goldman, Serge& Soyfoo, Muhammad S.. 2011. Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking Ankylosing Spondylitis. Case Reports in Rheumatology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Huyge, Valérie…[et al.]. Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking Ankylosing Spondylitis. Case Reports in Rheumatology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Huyge, Valérie& Goldman, Serge& Soyfoo, Muhammad S.. Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking Ankylosing Spondylitis. Case Reports in Rheumatology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-453577