The clinical application value and the imaging characteristic of 18F-FDG PET/CT in tuberculous pericarditis

Table 1 The characteristics of patients

No.	Gender	Age(y)	Symptoms	Duration(day)	Diagnosed methods
Case1	male	77	cough, chest tightness	180	T-SPOT(+), Anti-TB (+)
Case2	female	76	cough, hemoptysis	90	T-SPOT(+), Anti-TB (+)
Case3	female	62	fever (Tmax 39.5℃)	40	T-SPOT (+), *Biopsy
Case4	Male	77	Fever (Tmax 38.7℃)	7	Anti-TB (+)
Case5	Male	73	Fever (Tmax 38.5℃), short of breath	180	T-SPOT(+), Anti-TB (+)
Case6	Male	74	Fever (Tmax 38.6℃), Chest pain	10	Anti-TB (+)
Case7	Male	48	Cough, chest distress	20	#thoracoscopic
Case8	Male	71	Chest distress, asthma	30	T-SPOT(+), ^Biopsy
Case9	Female	69	Blurred vision, headache	30	$Xpert(MTB/RIF), @NGS
Case10	Male	74	Cough, asthma	90	T-SPOT (+), & NGS
Case11	Male	81	Fever (Tmax 38.1℃)	30	Anti-TB (+)

Abbreviations: T-SPOT (+) positive T-SPOT results; Anti-TB(+) empirical antituberculosis therapy demonstrated efficacy; *Biopsy pathology identified the tuberculous granuloma in the biopsy section of the third lumbar vertebra; #thoracoscopic Acid-fast bacilli were detected in thoracoscopic biopsy specimens using the Xpert(MTB/RIF) assay; ^Biopsy The pathology of the mediastinal lymph node biopsy section revealed the presence of tuberculous granulomas; $Xpert(MTB/RIF) Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected in the sputum sample using the Xpert(MTB/RIF) assay; @NGS the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain 120,193 was identified in the brain abscess puncture fluid through NGS sequencing; & NGS the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex group 8 was detected in alveolar lavage fluid by NGS

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