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https://read.qxmd.com/read/26078742/tubercular-meningitis-and-lymphadenitis-mimicking-a-relapse-of-burkitt-s-lymphoma-on-18-f-fdg-pet-ct-a-case-report
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Halima El Omri, Zsolt Hascsi, Ruba Taha, Lajos Szabados, Hesham El Sabah, Amna Gamiel, Ibrahim Al Hijji
Tuberculosis (TB) can present with various forms and can occasionally be mistaken for malignancy. Hereby, we report a 53-year-old man diagnosed and treated for Burkitt's lymphoma in 2009 who achieved a complete remission confirmed by a computed tomography (CT) scan. During the follow-up 2 years later, he complained of left hip pain that warranted investigation with magnetic resonance imaging and whole-body (18)F-fludeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)/CT which showed a benign lesion in the left hip associated with multiple lymph nodes in the chest and abdomen not amenable for biopsy...
May 2015: Case Reports in Oncology
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