A Rare Case of Pulmonary Schistosomiasis: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings

Andrea Cimini; Maria Ricci; Agostino Chiaravalloti; Antonio Crocco; Francesca Russo; Orazio Schillaci

doi:10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_79_20

A Rare Case of Pulmonary Schistosomiasis: ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings

Indian J Nucl Med. 2020 Oct-Dec;35(4):336-338. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_79_20. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Authors

Andrea Cimini¹, Maria Ricci¹, Agostino Chiaravalloti^{1

2}, Antonio Crocco¹, Francesca Russo¹, Orazio Schillaci^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine IRCSS, Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a helminthic infection acquired through direct contact with contaminated fresh water. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case pulmonary of schistosomias is evaluated with ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) reported in the literature. Functional imaging with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT may help in the diagnosis of schistosomiasis, leading to a correct definition of the disease extension.

Keywords: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose; helminths; nuclear medicine; positron emission tomography; schistosomiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports