False positive 18F-FDG PET/CT due to active varicella zoster infection in a Hodgkin’s lymphoma patient

A Case of Severe Hepatitis due to Varicella Zoster

Fatal visceral varicella-zoster infection following rituximab and chemotherapy treatment in a patient with follicular lymphoma.

Haematologica vol. 85(8):August 2000 treatment and at the same time for OAT is not an unusual occurrence considering the association between cancer and some immunologic diseases with thromboembolic complications. In order to treat such patients properly, it is therefore important to be aware of these pharmacologic interactions that seem to differ with respect to the oral anticoagulant prescribed.

Gastric ulcers due to varicella-zoster reactivation.

We report on an 18-year-old man with common variable immunodeficiency presenting with abdominal pain and vomiting due to gastric ulcers caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Endoscopy revealed multiple ulcers in the gastric antrum. Fever and rash developed the next day. Skin biopsy showed multinucleated cells with intranuclear inclusions highly suggestive of VZV infection, and...

a case of severe hepatitis due to varicella zoster

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Hodgkins lymphoma with HIV infection.

The association between Hodgkins Lymphoma (HL) with HIV is common in adults but rare in children. A 5 year old boy, known case of HIV on antiretroviral therapy, presented with prolonged fever, multiple enlarged lymph nodes along with hepatosplenomegaly. A diagnosis of Hodgkins lymphoma was entertained on histopathological examination; further subtyping was done by immunohistochemistry.

False-positive FDG PET CT Scan in Vertebral Hemangioma

FDG PET CT scan is considered to be a sensitive tool to detect skeletal metastasis in known malignancies. However, it’s high sensitivity and low specificity may account for false positive diagnosis in cases of trauma, infection, inflammation and other benign conditions. Skeletal hemangioma is one of the common benign conditions which are typically ametabolic on FDG PET CT with no uptake on bone...