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Published on: September 5, 2017
FDG PET/CT findings of common bile duct tuberculosis
Aisheng Dong1, Yang Wang, Jing Gong
1From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, †Department of Pathology, and ‡Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Common bile duct (CBD) tuberculosis is rare. A 39-year-old woman was referred because of a 5-month history of abdominal pain. Abdominal enhanced MRI and CT showed dilatation of the distal CBD with irregularly thickened wall. Enhanced CT revealed enlarged retroperitoneal lymph nodes. FDG PET/CT showed increased FDG uptake of the CBD lesion and several retroperitoneal lymph nodes with slight FDG uptake. CBD cholangiocarcinoma with retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis was suspected. CBD tuberculosis was confirmed by endoluminal biopsy. Tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abnormal biliary FDG accumulation, particularly in tuberculosis endemic areas.
