PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jason Foerter
AU  - John Sundell
AU  - Penny Vroman
TI  - PET/CT: First-Line Examination to Assess Disease Extent of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.115.170449
DP  - 2016 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 212--213
VI  - 44
IP  - 3
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/3/212.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/3/212.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2016 Sep 01; 44
AB  - Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of the Coccidioides fungus. Most infections remain subclinical or are confined to the pulmonary system. Disseminated disease is rare. Traditionally, a combination of imaging modalities has been used to determine disease extent. We suggest 18F-FDG PET/CT as a single first-line imaging examination to assess disease extent. We present a case of disseminated coccidioidomycosis to the lung, mediastinum, soft tissues, and skeletal system. To our knowledge, no prior case reports demonstrate such widespread disease using PET/CT.