Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Hypermetabolic Diffuse Proximal Small Bowel Wall Thickening on Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography? Consider Strongyloidiasis among the Differentials.
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Strongyloidiasis is an emerging tropical/subtropical parasitic infection commonly encountered in immunocompromised patients and often accompanied by life-threatening gram-negative bacteremia. We presented an interesting image of a critically ill 66-year-old lady, an asthmatic on high dose steroids, presenting with unexplained fever and vomiting where fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and endoscopic biopsy revealed this often neglected pathogenic nematode.