Lymphadenopathy by Scrub Typhus Mimicking Metastasis on FDG PET/CT in a Patient with a History of Breast Cancer

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

We report the case of a 60-year-old woman with left-sided breast cancer who showed lymphadenopathy mimicking metastatic lesions. She underwent surveillance 18Ffluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (PET/CT) after treatment. PET/CT demonstrated multiple lymphadenopathies with increased FDG uptake, most notably in the right axilla. She had an eschar on the right axillary area, and her serologic test was positive for anti-Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM antibody. Ten months after the treatment, follow-up FDG PET/CT and ultrasonography showed improvement in generalized lymphadenopathy.

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