Abstract
Laryngeal tuberculosis is a rare presentation of tuberculosis. It can mimic laryngeal carcinoma with its clinical and imaging findings. A 51-year old woman underwent 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for clinically suspected carcinoma of the larynx. PET/CT revealed lung lesions consistent with tuberculosis in additional to hypermetabolic focus on larynx. The patient was histopathologically diagnosed with lung and laryngeal tuberculosis.
Highlights
Laryngeal tuberculosis is an infrequent manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
There are no specific findings of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), which can mimic malignancy [5]
We present a case of laryngeal tuberculosis who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging with a preliminary diagnosis of laryngeal carcinoma without any clinical pulmonary manifestations
Summary
Arzu Cengiz1, Sibel Göksel1, Yeşim Başal2, Şule Taş Gülen3, Füruzan Döğer4, Yakup Yürekli1 1Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aydın, Turkey 2Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aydın, Turkey 3Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Aydın, Turkey 4Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Aydın, Turkey
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