Pulmonary Brucellosis on FDG PET/CT

摘要

A 67-year-old man known with pulmonary nodule underwent FDG PET/CT scan for further evaluation. The images showed increased FDG activity in the pulmonary lesions and in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes without extrathoracic abnormality. Pulmonary brucellosis was subsequently diagnosed. The patient received anti-Brucella therapy and recovered promptly.