Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Diagnosed on FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Feb;45(2):131-132. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002851.

Abstract

The utility of PET in septicemia for showing its source and possible metastatic infection has been demonstrated. We describe the diagnosis on PET/CT of a spontaneous corpus cavernosum abscess in a 64-year-old man presenting with Streptococcus constellatus septicemia, in whom the clinical diagnosis had been elusive for 10 days.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penile Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18