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

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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
    Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea)

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.

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  • A Reum Kim & Taehwa Kim & Dong-Hoon Shin & Sujin Lee & Seungjin Lim, 2021. "Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome with Necrotizing Lymphadenitis in a Patient who Underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Report," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-6, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:19:p:10488-:d:650680
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