18FDG PET/CT is sensitive but not specific for malignancy: two cases of disseminated tuberculosis mimicking metastatic cancer on imaging and clinical presentation
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can mimic metastatic malignancies.Imaging does not replace pathology, which remains the gold standard for accurately diagnosing multiorgan involvement.Prematurely announcing a diagnosis of cancer before final confirmation can have significant psychological consequences.
Authors
- Quentin Gilliaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0445-8353)
- Matthew Collin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6585-9586)
- Laurence Faugeras
- Marie‐Cécile Nollevaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0762-1518)
- Bruno Krug
- Fanny Collette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5825-3209)
- Lionel D’Hondt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-1108)
Institutions
- CHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12890/2025_005475
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01