18F-FDG Hypermetabolism in Spinal Cord Schistosomiasis.
2016
A 24-year-old Saudi man presented with progressive lower-back pain for 3 months followed by lower-limb weakness, numbness, and urinary retention. Cerebrospinal fluid examination revealed high-protein, elevated white blood cell count with lymphocyte predominance. MRI scan of the spine demonstrated heterogeneously enhancing longitudinal spinal cord lesion from T6 through T9. FDG-PET/CT demonstrated prominently hypermetabolic lesion in the spinal cord. He had laminectomy and spinal cord (intramedullary) biopsy. Pathology revealed Schistosoma mansoni ova.
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