Author:
Dudek Alexandra,Riaz Saima,Priftakis Dimitrios,Bomanji Jamshed
Abstract
Abstract
We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematous on a background of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, who was referred for 18F-FDG PET CT scan due to pyrexia of unknown origin with raised inflammatory markers, severe thrombocytopenia, and anemia. An interesting pattern of predominantly photopenic hypometabolic bone marrow activity was demonstrated on 18F-FDG PET CT.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine
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