Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome with Necrotizing Lymphadenitis in a Patient who Underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Report

A Reum Kim, Taehwa Kim, Dong-Hoon Shin, Sujin Lee and Seungjin Lim
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A Reum Kim: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea
Taehwa Kim: Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea
Dong-Hoon Shin: Department of Pathology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea
Sujin Lee: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea
Seungjin Lim: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-6

Abstract: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), also known as fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia syndrome, is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease in Asian countries. SFTS should be suspected in patients presenting with fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia and have a history of tick exposure in an endemic area. Since SFTS can be accompanied by lymphadenopathy, particularly generalized lymphadenopathy, it can be confused with a primary malignancy, such as lymphoma. The study reports a case of SFTS accompanied by multiple lymphadenopathies, which mimicked malignant lymphoma on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.

Keywords: severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; lymphadenitis; positron-emission tomography; computed tomography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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