Author/Authors :
Yürekli, Yakup Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine - Aydın, Turkey , Cengiz, Arzu Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine - Aydın, Turkey , Göksel, Sibel Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine - Aydın, Turkey , Başal, Yeşim Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Aydın, Turkey , Gülen, Şule Taş Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases - Aydın, Turkey , Döğer, Füruzan Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology - Aydın, Turkey
Abstract :
Laryngeal tuberculosis is a rare presentation of tuberculosis. It can mimic laryngeal carcinoma with its clinical and imaging findings. A 51-year old woman underwent 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for clinically suspected carcinoma of the larynx. PET/CT revealed lung lesions consistent with tuberculosis in additional to hypermetabolic focus on larynx. The patient was histopathologically diagnosed with lung and laryngeal tuberculosis.
