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  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Infectious Disease Imaging
  • Radiology

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  • Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading global cause of infectious mortality.
  • Accurate diagnosis and staging of TB are challenging due to complex immune responses and varied clinical presentations.
  • Imaging is crucial for TB management, but conventional methods often face diagnostic limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the utility of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the detection, staging, and management of tuberculosis.
  • To evaluate the role of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in identifying subclinical and latent TB infections.
  • To discuss the potential of PET/CT imaging and other PET tracers in advancing TB diagnostics.

Main Methods:

  • Whole-body imaging using 18F-FDG-PET/CT to create pre-therapeutic metabolic maps.
  • Analysis of imaging features to improve specificity for extrapulmonary TB.
  • Review of existing literature on PET/CT applications in TB.

Main Results:

  • 18F-FDG-PET/CT demonstrates high sensitivity for early TB detection across various body sites.
  • The technique provides a comprehensive metabolic assessment, aiding in disease burden evaluation, biopsy site selection, and staging.
  • Emerging evidence suggests 18F-FDG-PET/CT can identify latent TB with subclinical disease and may predict progression to active infection.

Conclusions:

  • 18F-FDG-PET/CT is a valuable tool for comprehensive TB assessment, offering high sensitivity but limited specificity.
  • The imaging modality assists in crucial aspects of patient management, including staging and identifying occult disease.
  • Further research into PET tracers and imaging features holds promise for enhancing TB diagnosis and management.