Whipple Disease Misdiagnosed as Lymphoma by 18F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Study

作者:Cheng, You; Lu, Kai-yu; Shao, Dan*
来源:CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 2023, 48(11): E549-E551.
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000004852

摘要

Whipple disease is a rare disorder caused by infection with the gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. It can invade various organs and systems of the whole body. This case report describes a patient with invasion of multiple lymph nodes throughout the body misdiagnosed as lymphoma by PET/CT.

  • 单位
    南方医科大学; 5; 广东省人民医院

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