Correlation between 18F-FDG PET CT SUV and symptomatic or asymptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis.

CONCLUSION: The symptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis cases show significantly higher SUVmax than the asymptomatic cases. Based on the criteria of SUVmax greater than 2.0 to define active lesions, 100% of symptomatic cases might have active lesions while 70.4% of asymptomatic cases might have active lesions. Therefore, focused attention should be clinically paid on the asymptomatic cases of pulmonary tuberculosis to avoid miss diagnosis and delayed treatment. PMID: 31282469 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31282469?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology - July 11, 2019 Category: Radiology Tags: J Xray Sci Technol Source Type: research