PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jain, Tarun Kumar
AU  - Malhotra, Hemant
AU  - Nepalia, Subhash
AU  - Saxena, Ganesh Narayan
TI  - Detection of Esophageal Tuberculosis, a Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain, on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.123.266428
DP  - 2024 Feb 13
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.123.266428
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2024/02/13/jnmt.123.266428.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2024/02/13/jnmt.123.266428.full
AB  - The esophagus is rarely affected by Mycobacterium. A 75-y-old man presented with upper abdominal pain and significant weight loss for 2 mo. Contrast-enhanced CT, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and abdominal vessel angiography gave normal results. To clarify the facts, 18F-FDG PET/CT was performed, revealing an 18F-FDG–avid lesion in the posterior wall of the lower thoracic esophagus. On endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine-needle aspiration of this lesion, puslike material was released. On microscopic examination, acid-fast bacilli were noted. The patient then began receiving standard antitubercular therapy.