Giovanni Bosio

Nuclear Medicine, Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

[ 1 ] - Hepatosplenic Candidiasis Detected by 18F-FDG-PET/CT

Hepatosplenic candidiasis is a fungal infection, which mostly affects patientswith hematologic malignancies such as leukemia. The pathogenesis of thisinfection is not clear yet, and the liver is the most commonly affected organ.Diagnosis of hepatosplenic candidiasis can be only established via biopsy,since computed tomography (CT) scan, ultrasonography, and magneticresonance imaging (MRI) yield...