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From: Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome due to Mycobacterium avium complex successfully followed up using 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report

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Chest computed tomography and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography findings. a–d A computed tomography scan performed five months after starting cART showed bilateral infiltrates in the upper lobes of the lungs and mediastinal and bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. e, f The 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucosepositron emission tomography-computed tomography (18 F-FDG PET/CT) scan performed five months after starting cART showed intense accumulation of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) around the infiltrates and the mediastinal and bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (maximum standardized uptake value: 18.42). g, h The 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18 F-FDG PET/CT) scan performed one year after starting anti-mycobacterial chemotherapy showed a decreased uptake of FDG when compared to the scan performed five months after starting combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). Moreover, a reduction in FDG uptake was observed in the area of the lesions with the exception of a right-lower paratracheal lymph node (station #4R; maximum standardized uptake value: 6.24)

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